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drconstellation · 6 months

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The Ineffable Ducks

What's with all the ducks in Good Omens that Crowley seems to be inordinately fond of? Turns out, they do have a narrative purpose, they're not just in there as a running joke about Crowley's fondness for the animals of Earth.

They appear in both S1 and S2, and get mentioned in several seemingly random places. Like, really random. There are quite a few in St James Park, where the ducks live, where the international spies also clandestinely meet, where Aziraphale and Crowley meet on several occasions, and where Crowley and Shax have a meeting, exchanging information in S2E1.

Ducks also get referred to here, when Aziraphale suggests they use humans to search and spy out the missing Antichrist, but Crowley insists it will be near impossible because suspicion slides off the boy like water off, what ever water slides off, because he has an automatic defense system.

The he remembers the ducks(!) later in the Bentley when they discuss using their respective networks of highly trained human operatives (Shadwell and the Witchfinder army), and Aziraphale asks if Crowley has a better idea than his. "Ducks!" Crowley suddenly utters.

The ducks that are always there, that you see but don't see, gathering bread crumbs, when any kind of surveillance or secret spy work is being discussed.

Nah, I thought, it couldn't be a sly ref to this famous cartoon by Larson, could it?

Aziraphale and Crowley are always afraid that someone is watching, or listening to everything they do, from both sides. I mean isn't that partly why we got the ending we did in S2, because they have had to be so covert with their communication to each over the centuries they've forgotten how to speak plainly to each other?

Heaven has definitely been watching...

And Hell certainly noticed Crowley's act of kindness in the Edinburgh cemetery, swiftly summoning him to Hell for punishment after his kind deed on behalf of Elspeth.

Then when the duo meet in again 1867 Crowley wonders if "ducks have ears" before declaring they must do - that's how they hear other ducks. So its no surprise that when Crowley asks Aziraphale for holy water that he writes the request on a piece of paper to hide it from those invisible ever-present watchers they know are never far away.

When we come to the start of S2, where Crowley is slouched in St James Park once more, reading the Tadfield Advertiser, and yelling at the Azerbaijani secret agents for feeding the ducks bread. Crumbs, it was alright to do this in the book, and S1, why is wrong now? Has Crowley suddenly become woke and caring for the ducks? Nah.

There's a lot more to it than that. I realized this is the missing Grain offering from my post about altar offerings (see The Altar of Eccles Cakes) in S2. A Grain offering represents a voluntary expression of devotion to God - or the other side you're supposed to be aligned with, in this case.

Shax is part of this scene, discussing the latest news from below, and she mentions some special intel that Hell has received, from their own secret squirrel network. Of course they would meet in St James Park to discuss this, along with all the other spies. While Shax tries to get some intel out of Crowley about what might be going on in Heaven, because she knows he has contact with a certain angel who owns a book shop, Crowley responds by refusing to show any devotion to his former side at this point, and isn't going to give any information away that could be useful. He also doesn't have any intel at this point, anyway, but he's not going to give that away either! Heaven and Hell are toxic, and no one should be going anywhere near them, in his opinion. So stop feeding them that devotional bread!

After Shax asks what they should be feeding the ducks, he eventually says "Frozen Peas. It's good for them, they like it."

The short period of "peas" since they stopped the impending Apocalypse has been enjoyable, and good for Crowley and Aziraphale, but the forced meeting with Beelzebub later that day soon jolts Crowley out of any complacency when they indicate that the "generalized understanding" Crowley thought they had with Heaven and Hell after the body swap to leave them alone, the one Aziraphale-as-Crowley negotiated, while asking for a rubber duck, no less, was looking very shaky and fragile indeed.

And one more random duck ref to discuss.

I was inspired to write this section by lalalunamoth's post calling Muriel a duckling imprinted on Crowley, and of course I did not save it, did I, and a search does not bring it back up again (found it!), so if you're reading this, or know that post, please let me know! I read it, and thought, cute, but nah, then realized that Muriel was sent on a surveillance mission to Whickber St to ascertain the truth of Aziraphale's 25 lazurii miracle. And she did act as the eyes of Heaven, writing up some reports, called Crowley "grice," then followed him around during his escapade in Heaven just like a duckling following a grumpy gander drake while he did his own surveillance measures in a Tactical Turtle neck, channeling his best imitation Sean Connery voice (have you noticed that as well, people?)

No, no, the op wasn't wrong - those big cross ducks, er grice geese, they make good guard dogs, no?

With special mention to Crowley acting as a surveillance duck just prior to this, and Mr Brown doing his own "spying out" of Aziraphale.

To finish this meta, there is one other figure who notably offered the ducks bread, in the book. This passage, which is surely relevant to S3, but didn't appear in S1, shows another character still devoted to God in a way. Lets give Death the final word:

Crowley: "Maybe it's it's all part of a great ineffable plan. All of it. You, me, him, everything. Some great big test to see if what you've built all works properly, eh? You start thinking: it can't be a great cosmic game of chess, it has to be just very complicated Solitaire. And don't bother to answer. if we could understand, we wouldn't be us. Because it's all - all - "

INEFFABLE, said the figure feeding the ducks.

"Yeah. Right. Thanks."

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kdmiller55 · 4 months

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A Preview of Coming Attractions

1 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When you come into the land you are to inhabit, which I am giving you, 3 and you offer to the Lord from the herd or from the flock a food offering or a burnt offering or a sacrifice, to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering or at your appointed feasts, to make a pleasing aroma to the Lord, 4 then he who brings…

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#Canaan #drink offering #faithfulness #fruitfulness #God #grain offering #Israel #Moses #Numbers #Numbers 15 #obedience #promised land #sacrifices #thanksgiving #the goodness of God #the next generation

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lordgodjehovahsway · 5 months

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Leviticus 7: God Explains to Moses the Regulations to Perform a Guilt Offering

1 “‘These are the regulations for the guilt offering, which is most holy:

2 The guilt offering is to be slaughtered in the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered, and its blood is to be splashed against the sides of the altar.

3 All its fat shall be offered: the fat tail and the fat that covers the internal organs,

4 both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver, which is to be removed with the kidneys.

5 The priest shall burn them on the altar as a food offering presented to the Lord. It is a guilt offering.

6 Any male in a priest’s family may eat it, but it must be eaten in the sanctuary area; it is most holy.

7 “‘The same law applies to both the sin offering and the guilt offering: They belong to the priest who makes atonement with them.

8 The priest who offers a burnt offering for anyone may keep its hide for himself.

9 Every grain offering baked in an oven or cooked in a pan or on a griddle belongs to the priest who offers it,

10 and every grain offering, whether mixed with olive oil or dry, belongs equally to all the sons of Aaron.

The Fellowship Offering

11 “‘These are the regulations for the fellowship offering anyone may present to the Lord:

12 “‘If they offer it as an expression of thankfulness, then along with this thank offering they are to offer thick loaves made without yeast and with olive oil mixed in, thin loaves made without yeast and brushed with oil, and thick loaves of the finest flour well-kneaded and with oil mixed in.

13 Along with their fellowship offering of thanksgiving they are to present an offering with thick loaves of bread made with yeast.

14 They are to bring one of each kind as an offering, a contribution to the Lord; it belongs to the priest who splashes the blood of the fellowship offering against the altar.

15 The meat of their fellowship offering of thanksgiving must be eaten on the day it is offered; they must leave none of it till morning.

16 “‘If, however, their offering is the result of a vow or is a freewill offering, the sacrifice shall be eaten on the day they offer it, but anything left over may be eaten on the next day.

17 Any meat of the sacrifice left over till the third day must be burned up.

18 If any meat of the fellowship offering is eaten on the third day, the one who offered it will not be accepted. It will not be reckoned to their credit, for it has become impure; the person who eats any of it will be held responsible.

19 “‘Meat that touches anything ceremonially unclean must not be eaten; it must be burned up. As for other meat, anyone ceremonially clean may eat it.

20 But if anyone who is unclean eats any meat of the fellowship offering belonging to the Lord, they must be cut off from their people.

21 Anyone who touches something unclean—whether human uncleanness or an unclean animal or any unclean creature that moves along the ground—and then eats any of the meat of the fellowship offering belonging to the Lord must be cut off from their people.’”

Eating Fat and Blood Forbidden

22 The Lord said to Moses,

23 “Say to the Israelites: ‘Do not eat any of the fat of cattle, sheep or goats.

24 The fat of an animal found dead or torn by wild animals may be used for any other purpose, but you must not eat it.

25 Anyone who eats the fat of an animal from which a food offering may be presented to the Lord must be cut off from their people.

26 And wherever you live, you must not eat the blood of any bird or animal.

27 Anyone who eats blood must be cut off from their people.’”

The Priests’ Share

28 The Lord said to Moses,

29 “Say to the Israelites: ‘Anyone who brings a fellowship offering to the Lord is to bring part of it as their sacrifice to the Lord.

30 With their own hands they are to present the food offering to the Lord; they are to bring the fat, together with the breast, and wave the breast before the Lord as a wave offering.

31 The priest shall burn the fat on the altar, but the breast belongs to Aaron and his sons.

32 You are to give the right thigh of your fellowship offerings to the priest as a contribution.

33 The son of Aaron who offers the blood and the fat of the fellowship offering shall have the right thigh as his share.

34 From the fellowship offerings of the Israelites, I have taken the breast that is waved and the thigh that is presented and have given them to Aaron the priest and his sons as their perpetual share from the Israelites.’”

35 This is the portion of the food offerings presented to the Lord that were allotted to Aaron and his sons on the day they were presented to serve the Lord as priests.

36 On the day they were anointed, the Lord commanded that the Israelites give this to them as their perpetual share for the generations to come.

37 These, then, are the regulations for the burnt offering, the grain offering, the sin offering, the guilt offering, the ordination offering and the fellowship offering,

38 which the Lord gave Moses at Mount Sinai in the Desert of Sinai on the day he commanded the Israelites to bring their offerings to the Lord.

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angrybatart · 3 months

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Some veteran Sky Kid is screaming like a banshee while frantically searching for their moth.

#fanart #sketch #crossover #Darkest Dungeon #Darkest Dungeon 2 #Sky: Children of the Light #Sky: CotL #That Sky Game #DD Crusader #Reynauld #Moth #Reynauld is NOT immune to the desire to steal Moths #probably either Dismas or Junia yelling at him #everyone else just happily accepts their new smol friend #okay NOW I'm gonna try and take a break from Sky fanart #no guarantees. take everything I say with a grain of salt #probably more of a case of Reynauld finding the Moth wandering around in a moment of chaos #and taking them in protect them from monsters who had an odd effect on the child when close to them #as in draining Moth's light and turning them crusty/crystallized #Reynauld albeit confused accepted the large white candle offered by Moth #uhhh...if anyone has something that sounds better or more accurate you are free to add it #I haven't written stories in forever #small edit because I realized I typed “having screaming like a banshee” and didn't fix it right away

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tangledinink · 7 months

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can i ask about the use of "magick" rather than "magic"? i practice wicca and so do most of the people on my mothers side and i was always taught to use the k to make the distinction between fiction and spiritual or philosophical practice.

also your comics are all gorgeous and every update makes me so happy

Ah thank you! And I guess part of it is that I kind of draw a lot from my own practice re: magick/witchcraft in my stories and how those systems work and everything? (I'm currently debating with myself on whether Donnie has a spellbook or a Book of Shadows...) I do generally operate on, like, "magic" is, like, stage magic/make-believe/etc VS "magick" being The Real Deal/related to spiritual practices/etc. So I guess it's kind of that, like.... to us, what the characters are doing is 'magic,' but to them, in-universe, it's a lot more like 'magick,' if that makes sense??? Obviously, the magick that exists in real life isn't the same as what exists in a fictional story, but, I dunno. It feels more like magick to me, I suppose.

#i just cant decide which term is better/more appropriate....#asks #anon #wicca #i hope this makes sense #but also i am so Baby in my practice so take this with a grain of salt and feel free to offer corrections/advice/etc

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lleclercism · 6 months

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#charles leclerc #this is an opinion piece so take it with a grain of salt but they do know stuff #and the fact they said he has not renewed yet and they have sources of charlie feeling doubt of being able to win w ferrari #and the fact that he stills is getting offers lool #i feel like throwing up ferrari you see what you've done to this man #articles

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hojlundaise · 1 year

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#declan rice #west ham #i have nothing to offer but this rice grain #i dont go here but this was cute #+

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kojiarakiartworks · 6 months

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June 2012 KTM Kathmandu Nepal Patan

Daily life and every small thing is the gate to the universe ：）

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harukakitous · 1 year

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Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger | #11:

“We’re asking you to make a fair call, Almighty Neutral One.”

#ohsama sentai kingohger #ohsama sentai king ohger #king ohger #kingohger #yanma gast #rita kaniska #hymeno ran #gira husty #super sentai #tokusatsu #my gifs #my edit #is this fueling the delusions? probably haha #i just found this conversation interesting from a character standpoint #it seems that out of all the rulers rita is really the only one yanma truly respects #despite being a delinquent who prides himself on being against the grain #i also find it interesting that rita seems to consider his offer but decides against it for the sake of impartiality #despite the fact that they'll be assisting in a good if not highly ridiculous cause #i just really like that we get these small character interactions amidst the bigger plot and setpieces #it really adds to the show's charm without having to take away from the serialized nature of it #tag rant

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kangaracha · 1 month

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Hi there! Before I ask to be added to any tag lists (or start reading, for that matter,) I just wanted to ask about whether or not you mind having minors reading/ interacting with your work? I couldn’t find any dni’s on the Queendom masterlist or on your profile, so just wanted to be sure… ㅠㅠ (sorry if this is crossing any boundaries 😭🫶🏻)

i'm a big believer in curating and being responsible for your own internet experience, and i live far too busy a life to police my followers, so no, I don't mind! 😂 what you want to come and look at on the internet is your business, and as long as you're not coming round here to cause problems (which you very clearly aren't) i don't have a problem with you

#fan mail #but also if i may throw around my two cents #don't tell people on the internet you're a minor #i'm so old where did internet safety go 😂😂😂😂#don't tell anyone your weaknesses #i would continue to say 'not even in your job' but i might just be jaded in that area of life right now lmfao #i'll stop offering unsolicited advice now #my final piece of advice actually is take unsolicited advice from random people on the internet with a grain of salt #who am i to talk to you like that? god knows #some kangaroo lookin #i'm trying so hard not to swear right now

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specialagentartemis · 10 months

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99% of things about periods are bad and they suck, but I have to admit it’s a little bit metal to be gushing blood and not even feeling it

#The classical Maya agreed with me #OKAY THIS IS A THING I READ ONCE AND DON’T KNOW IF IT’S FOR SURE TRUE SO TAKE IT WITH A GRAIN OF SALT BUT:#A big part of Classical Maya ritual and religion involved blood offerings. Piercing your lips or tongue or penis to draw blood for offering #But menstruation counted as a blood offering so if you menstruate Every Month you don’t have to give other blood offerings nearly as often #I think about that sometimes. It helps #menstruation #periods #TMI

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vonaegiremblem · 22 days

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I finished Cadence of Hyrule today, and it is so, so good. 2D Zelda mechanics really do cross over so well with Crypt of the Necrodancer's gameplay, and it pays homage to so much of LoZ's history. Also the fact that you can just skip entire floors of dungeons if you have the right items is so sick. It's a genuine shame that, so far as I can tell, it didn't sell that well. If you've been craving a new 2D Zelda to play, I encourage you to pick it up if you haven't already. The rhythm mechanics are not that difficult to get used to and you can even turn them off if they give you too much trouble. I think there's also a demo, so if you want to try it before you buy, you can

#the legend of zelda #loz #cadence of hyrule #crypt of the necrodancer #if I get just one more person to buy this game; I will have succeeded #now; admittedly take my opinion on the difficulty of the rhythm mechanics with a grain of salt #since I did beat crypt of the necrodancer on aria mode #I basically 100%'d the story of cadence with the exception of the second items you can get form the minigames #because I did not realize that they had more to offer after the heart pieces #I'm gonna take a little break before I start up octavo mode #haven't decided yet but I think I'll alternate between routes in undertale yellow and the other story modes in cadence of hyrule #I would just like to add that king dobongos is the best music pun in the game #also if you just want more crypt of the necrodancer; it does offer modes that are basically just more of that without the overworld map #also also; the version of ganondorf in it isn't a bad guy. he's just an npc and wants you to defeat ganon

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kdmiller55 · 4 months

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Gifts Worthy of a Great God

1 On the day when Moses had finished setting up the tabernacle and had anointed and consecrated it with all its furnishings and had anointed and consecrated the altar with all its utensils, 2 the chiefs of Israel, heads of their fathers’ houses, who were the chiefs of the tribes, who were over those who were listed, approached 3 and brought their offerings before the Lord, six wagons and twelve…

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#atonement #burnt offering #consecration #dedication of the Tabernacle #freewill offerings #God #grain offering #holiness #Israel #Moses #Numbers #Numbers 7 #sacrifices #sin #Tabernacle #tribes of israel

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lordgodjehovahsway · 5 months

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Leviticus 6: God Explains to Moses the Qualifications for a Person to Perform a Guilt Offering

1 The Lord said to Moses:

2 “If anyone sins and is unfaithful to the Lord by deceiving a neighbor about something entrusted to them or left in their care or about something stolen, or if they cheat their neighbor,

3 or if they find lost property and lie about it, or if they swear falsely about any such sin that people may commit—

4 when they sin in any of these ways and realize their guilt, they must return what they have stolen or taken by extortion, or what was entrusted to them, or the lost property they found,

5 or whatever it was they swore falsely about. They must make restitution in full, add a fifth of the value to it and give it all to the owner on the day they present their guilt offering.

6 And as a penalty they must bring to the priest, that is, to the Lord, their guilt offering, a ram from the flock, one without defect and of the proper value.

7 In this way the priest will make atonement for them before the Lord, and they will be forgiven for any of the things they did that made them guilty.”

The Burnt Offering

8 The Lord said to Moses:

9 “Give Aaron and his sons this command: ‘These are the regulations for the burnt offering: The burnt offering is to remain on the altar hearth throughout the night, till morning, and the fire must be kept burning on the altar.

10 The priest shall then put on his linen clothes, with linen undergarments next to his body, and shall remove the ashes of the burnt offering that the fire has consumed on the altar and place them beside the altar.

11 Then he is to take off these clothes and put on others, and carry the ashes outside the camp to a place that is ceremonially clean.

12 The fire on the altar must be kept burning; it must not go out. Every morning the priest is to add firewood and arrange the burnt offering on the fire and burn the fat of the fellowship offerings on it.

13 The fire must be kept burning on the altar continuously; it must not go out.

The Grain Offering

14 “‘These are the regulations for the grain offering: Aaron’s sons are to bring it before the Lord, in front of the altar.

15 The priest is to take a handful of the finest flour and some olive oil, together with all the incense on the grain offering, and burn the memorial portion on the altar as an aroma pleasing to the Lord.

16 Aaron and his sons shall eat the rest of it, but it is to be eaten without yeast in the sanctuary area; they are to eat it in the courtyard of the tent of meeting.

17 It must not be baked with yeast; I have given it as their share of the food offerings presented to me. Like the sin offering and the guilt offering, it is most holy.

18 Any male descendant of Aaron may eat it. For all generations to come it is his perpetual share of the food offerings presented to the Lord. Whatever touches them will become holy.’”

19 The Lord also said to Moses,

20 “This is the offering Aaron and his sons are to bring to the Lord on the day he is anointed: a tenth of an ephah of the finest flour as a regular grain offering, half of it in the morning and half in the evening.

21 It must be prepared with oil on a griddle; bring it well-mixed and present the grain offering broken in pieces as an aroma pleasing to the Lord.

22 The son who is to succeed him as anointed priest shall prepare it. It is the Lord’s perpetual share and is to be burned completely.

23 Every grain offering of a priest shall be burned completely; it must not be eaten.”

The Sin Offering

24 The Lord said to Moses,

25 “Say to Aaron and his sons: ‘These are the regulations for the sin offering: The sin offering is to be slaughtered before the Lord in the place the burnt offering is slaughtered; it is most holy.

26 The priest who offers it shall eat it; it is to be eaten in the sanctuary area, in the courtyard of the tent of meeting.

27 Whatever touches any of the flesh will become holy, and if any of the blood is spattered on a garment, you must wash it in the sanctuary area.

28 The clay pot the meat is cooked in must be broken; but if it is cooked in a bronze pot, the pot is to be scoured and rinsed with water.

29 Any male in a priest’s family may eat it; it is most holy.

30 But any sin offering whose blood is brought into the tent of meeting to make atonement in the Holy Place must not be eaten; it must be burned up.

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yuelun · 2 months

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I have Winter's most recent playlist for Zhongli playing in the background. And it just got to 11:45 and there is the most beautiful rendition of 'Fairytale' I've ever heard in my life, and while it comes from a vastly different piece of media, it somehow simply fits perfectly. It just reiterates how I think I'm incapable of loving anything as much as I love Liyue. I can't stop trying to grasp at words that describe how my chest warms whenever I hear these lines of his, even if most of them break my heart at the exact same time.

#[ honestly; especially when havria is mentioned-- perhaps it's because we know almost all of the details (zl-- i just?) ]#[ ... surrounding her death. but it just puts the archon war in such a specific perspective that hits harder than anything. ]#[ it tells me just how gruesome it was. he says it himself; /he does/. he says that it was cruel. it was ever so cruel. ]#[ and i think about how he says that and i get lost in it for 4+ hours. ]#[ because i think about how all havria wanted was a peaceful haven for her people. all she wanted was for them to /live/. ]#[ and be safe. and that reminds me of /my/ muse. and how that's what she wanted as well. for her people to be safe. ]#[ it was one of the reasons she ruled with morax; because she knew he could offer that. and then all these other reasons came along too. ]#[ and then i look at liyue and i hear ping in my head 'it seems she was right after all'. she was right to put her faith in morax. ]#[ because he did everything that she knew he could do. protect /them/ and offer them a place to live. ]#[ and he gave them that. along with the adepti. he lived up to everything. ]#[ ooc. ] wherever her spirit may be among the countless grains of sand and specks of dust between the harbor and the mountains…

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fatcowboys · 2 months

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my PA for ajovy got denied (booo) but the reason it did was bc a neurologist needed to prescribe it which i already had an apt set up for and gad yesterday (yay!) and the appointment went really well and i like the provider a LOT of migraine management (YAY!!!) so now i am once again waiting for an ajovy PA to be approved lmao

#nervous abt needles but jax offered to help plus ajovy has auto injectors so we are going for it #but i really liked the provider she was good and very easy to talk to and stuff!! and am excited to work w her and try things #also got a referral to their sleep clinic bc my sleep is still Bad and also sleep is a big trigger for me #so im hopeful to see what i can figure out/learn from that #this is the year of blue getting health shit figured out lmak gonna get my tonsils removed etc etc lets Go #she also said i could be a candidate for botox if that seemed interesting but i like how like. open ended she was w things #like she gave me a lot of good info but also everything was my call #she also was good when looking at my mri and explained why she isnt concerned abt ms based on mri and symptoms #and in a way where i actually agree lol like. esp bc i get so anxious i can just latch on to something #but she took the time to answer my questions and explain and show what theyd see if it was ms vs my brain lesions from migraines #and Yeah! i was super stressed and like gad cleared my whole afternoon in case it was a bad time #but it wasnt! im v happy w my new neurologist!#wild to have TWO whole doctors on my care team who i like and trust???? as a fat person??? wow #(trust is w a grain of salt lol i dint entirely trust any doctor But)

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