Hi sunshine! I missed talking to you so much and even though you said I don't have to apologize I feel terribly sorry to take such a long time to reach you back 😔

I'm really late but I wanted to wish you all the happiness and love this year has to offer. I keep you in my thoughts and I hope you and your loved ones are doing well during these hard times. I'm also really proud of how much you and your blog have achieved during your time here on Tumblr. I've always known, even when I first found your blog, that with your kindness, sweetness and talent you would have gone far. You deserve every inch of what you have reached and even more! I'll always be grateful to you for keeping me company and for making me feel better even at my lowest ❤️

After all this time, you're still a model to me, someone I admire and I aspire to become like. I love you with all my heart 💖 ~[🧸]

Kermit was me when I woke up to your ask in my inbox, my dearest 🧸 anon!!! I'm sorry I took so long to reply, and I'm sure you're already awake by the time you see this. I hope your day is going well!! <3

I missed talking to you too, my dear! But don't worry, you don't have to apologise at all!! I hope you're recovering well after your surgery and you're spending loads of quality time with your family, friends, and loved ones 😌✨️ don't worry about not reaching out too!!! I'll always be here no matter where you go (*^^*)

Thank you so much for your kind words my sweet 🧸!!! I wish the same for you and your family as well, and that you'll be happy and healthy in 2023!! You're always in my thoughts too, and I'm always hoping for the best for you!! 💕

I'm eternally grateful to you for supporting me since the very beginning when my blog was still nothing. You're one of my longest and earliest followers, and I'm so thankful to have you on my tumblr journey 😭❤️ your kind words and encouragement helped me through the tough times as well, and your companionship made me feel better when I felt like I was all alone. I hope my blog, my work, and my presence continue to comfort you when you need me, and I'll always be here for you too. I'm so grateful that you came across my blog and my work a long time ago, and I'll forever treasure this amazing bond we have!

Even now, I'm still in awe when you tell me that I'm your model and that you want to be like me 🥺✨️ I still can't believe that I have this kind of influence over people haha. Thank you for believing in me, and I hope that my blog and my work continue to make you proud and happy too!!

I love you very much too, my 🧸 anon!! 💖

Some more verbal diarrhoea and life update for you under the cut XD

I was scrolling through our old conversations, and you mentioned playing sim city and animal crossing. Well guess what?? My bf and I got a switch before Christmas, and guess who is playing animal crossing too!!!! I'm still a beginner and I'm still building my island lol, but I'm having so much fun!! It's so much less stressful than cities skylines LMAO, I love animal crossing so much 🥺

I don't know if you know, but this year, I organised Happy Birthday Levi for the second year round!!!! It was hard trying to manage an event all by myself again, and I was so stressed and worried because it wasn't getting as much attention and traction compared to last year's. But I'm so thankful to have supportive writer friends who helped take some pressure off my shoulders by writing more than one work for my event!! I'm glad I organised this event again this year to celebrate Levi's birthday! I'm not sure if I want to bring this back again this year, but... we'll see!!

I'm still trying my best to juggle work, studying, and writing, but I'm so excited for my new semester!! I got the modules I want and I'm looking forward to classes lmao. I'm also strangely motivated to want to study hard and do well because I did study harder in my previous semester and my GPA improved 😂😂 he ain't real, but I can totally imagine Levi being extremely happy and proud of me for putting in the effort haha.

I hope life is treating you well my dear 🧸, and I can't wait to hear more from you too!!! Please take care, drink more water, get enough sleep, and eat your fruits and veggies!! I love you very very much xoxo 💖

Did I make a mistake?

As you're all well aware of I said goodbye to my blogs and Tumblr thinking my decision was final. However after reading all your wonderful messages I started to have doubts about my decision. So for the last few weeks I've been trying to pinpoint why I thought I had fallen out of love with high end fashion as well as Tumblr itself and the answer has been in front of my face for the best part of four years. A broken down friendship that has been plaguing my mental health… until recently and I'm going to finally explain why. I had a best friend for the best part of 15 years that went downhill both slowly and unexpectedly. We met on a forum back in 2005 and hit it off instantly. We then met up and went on various holidays, attended concerts together, did mini weekend breaks away and got to know each other's families really well. More importantly they were the only person in my life who knew about this blog and shared my love for high end fashion. Like most friendships though it had its ups and downs but no matter what we always gravitated back towards one another, until March 2020. A week or so before COVID and lockdown took hold of our lives they told me they had met someone. I was genuinely happy for them, except for the fact they had let slip that I was the last person to know. This broke my heart and their trust as they continued to let slip more details that indicated that I was being pushed out in favour of a new crowd (aka university friends who they had told me they disliked a few months beforehand) alongside their new partner. They stayed with their partner on and off throughout COVID and I was either pushed out the door or let back in depending on their relationship status. The relationship came to an end for good towards the end of 2022 and as always I was let back into their life with plans for 2023 being made. However I held back knowing the hurt it would cause me if things suddenly changed again. This was also my breaking point with them as I wanted to protect my heart from anymore hurt, and I believe this is where my love for creativity began to faulter. Whilst I found my love for gaming I felt this mental block around Evermore-Fashion and Evermore-Grimoire which I thought was down to my passions changing. I was clearly wrong. The friendship was up and down for another six months, until last summer. They had got back in contact with me despite the fact they had started acting cold towards me which manifested in a crap Christmas and Birthday. Yet I was still willing to hear their side of the story, but it never came as they ghosted me and I haven't spoken to them since which hasn't been fun to deal with both mentally and emotionally. Although I now fully believe this is what was killing my spirit and everything I had loved for so long. Anyway fast forward to January 2024, I've said goodbye to my blogs and Tumblr when lo and behold I come across a social media post that changed everything. The ex friend had written something personal that contradicted everything they had told me (over their relationship break up) which not only angered me but it lit a fire under my butt to stop stewing in the "what ifs?" as well as holding on to a small bit of hope that they'd finally apologise for treating me like a piece of shit on the back of their shoe for so long. Not only that but I started to miss why I enjoyed being online in the first place. I checked out Vogue to see what was occurring during Paris Fashion Week and I yearned to share the Spring 2024 Couture collections on Tumblr (even though I still think it's still a toxic cesspit). Yes I could easily start this up on Wordpress or Instagram but let's face it, Tumblr is still the easiest place to start blogging creatively. So here I am. The fog surrounding my love for fashion has lifted alongside the mental and emotional baggage I've been holding on to for far too long. There's just one thing I'm still wondering though… do you guys forgive me (as I feel like I've messed you all around ) and is it okay to come back? 🥹

Random things about your 2023 . Short reading

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Hello pile 1 , I'm seeing that you're very closed off to new opportunities right now and might be addicted or obsessed with something that isn't good for you and life will make you get rid of your toxic habits by a tower moment in your life. You just have some toxic cycles going repeating constantly in your life and it is going to change in the year 2023 .

Pile 1 , I see you getting your spiritual awakening in the year 2023 . This is going to be a tough cycle for you but remember it's for the best of you. I see that sometimes you might feel like doing nothing and just letting things flow on their own pace.

You have a weird way of looking at people, I'm sorry but weird is not the right word for it but it's just that you see people as something you should stay away from and you see World as a dangerous place. And that's why you mostly stay indoors. That perspective of you is good to change soon after you have your awakening.

I get that you might suffer from seasonal depression and it might be in the months of may - june. These two months are going to be life changing for you. Something great with happen in these two months that'll make you love life again.

I don't know if you know about Krishna consciousness, but it's a great thing. I've heard that it works wonders for people and changes their life for the best.

If you're thinking of travelling abroad I see you travelling in different countries.

You might get financial help from someone or you're going to help someone financially.

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Alright pile 2 , 2023 is going to be your rich bitch era. Like money is going to be attracted to you. If you're family is having some financial problems they are going to be solved.

I see you connecting more with a female figure in your family. It could be your mother, grandmother , sister or even your best friend.

If are manifesting something right now , I see all of your manifestations coming true in the year 2023 .

If your into LGBTQ community I see coming out to your family and your family accepting you the way your are. This message is specifically for my lesbians, you're going to get a girlfriend.

My artists are going to get a lot of recognition for their artwork! And I see a lot of you getting in tune with your inner child.

If you live away from your family , I see you reuniting with them. And going out for a picnic with them. This year is very positive for this pile! It's so sweet!

A lot of you are going to meet your twinflame / soul mate soon. You'll most likely meet them through family or friends. I'm seeing a celebration, so you can meet them in a party, wedding etc.

I see you finding your soul purpose and destiny. I don't know it just came into my mind. I am seeing a boat reaching the coast idk take how it resonates.

If you've been manifesting your other half, I see you meeting your counterpart. A lot of you are going to experience true love.

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Pile 3 I feel like you're not listening to your intuition and that might get you in a toxic Situationship. If your get odd feelings from someone like goosebumps , odd feeling in your guts stay away form that person. They're not good for you.

Alright so what I sense is that you might encounter a fake tarot reader or a scammer so stay alert. If someone tells you to do spells on your own , never do it. Because spells are very powerful and they can backfire.

Though it's okay if you do beauty rituals like having aura cleansing bath, a simple beauty spell . But love spells can back fire very easily. And never I mean NEVER involve yourself in black magic.

I see getting a lot of proposals from men who want to court you. Choose Carefully because one of them might be a obsessive lover.

If don't have good relations with your father, you might need to cut your relations with him. More like I see that your father is too controlling and you decide to go against him which will result in some arguments.

I See you reuniting with your old friends.

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Doctober 2023 prompt #29: 2023

Warning: Long post

I dragged my bestie to go see the Broadway musical version of bttf earlier this year. IT WAS WONDERFUL. 💝💝💝

We watched it back in August, so my memory isn't the clearest and I'll probably forget something, but this is a long enough post as is.

SPOILERS FOR THE MUSICAL BELOW

I mean, its just the movie but in musical format, but they add things here and there that surprised me, so if u like to be surprised... there's your warning

My friend and I sat in the middle of Row F (highlighted in green above). We wanted to be close, but not super close to have to look up at a weird angle. It was crazy to be so close AND SUPER WORTH IT. When the actors look out into the audience you can really feel like they're looking at you (from their POV they prolly dont see anything because the lights) its a really cool experience! 🤩🤩

OK SO MY FAVORITE LINE FROM THE MUSICAL THAT HAD ME ROLLING BECAUSE IT WAS SO UNEXPECTED WAS: "Is this what they call 'white trash'???" I won't spoil the full context bUT HE WAS REFERRING TO MARTY AT THAT MOMENT.

The Earth Angel scene made me love and appreciate the scene in the movie, and the song EVEN MORE THAN I ALREADY DID. THEY EVEN BROUGHT OUT THE BUBBLES AND IT WAS A WHOLE VIBE (yet another reason why I was grateful we sat in the front). They nailed the execution of the scene, people were cheering and everything during the kiss. Even I got hyped, whereas before, when I was just watching the movie, I was like 'aight.'

The atmosphere in the theater hit different frfr. When Marty and Doc reunited at the end and hugged, I let out a little, "Yay!!" They had such good chemistry on stage, my favorite moments of them were when one of them would say something crazy and then the other would go, "What?" And then the other would go, "What??" And confusion ensues.

AND THEN, AS IF UNEXPECTED STUFF DIDN'T ALREADY HAPPEN, THE MOST UNEXPECTED THING HAPPENED AT THE END. THE DELOREAN FLEW.

IT FLEW.

INTO THE CROWD.

RIGHT ABOVE US.

AND THAT MADE IT SUPER WORTH IT TO SIT CLOSE TO THE FRONT. I wonder what it looked like from the balcony though...

Can we just take a moment to appreciate Hugh Coles??? He single-handedly made me appreciate the character of George after seeing his performance.

Look at this mad lad, he got all the photos of Crispin Glover on his mirror 😱😱😱 manifested this man frfr

He's one yarn ball away from an 'I'm crazy' wall

The SASS

Man said 🚶‍♂️💅 AND IM HERE FOR IT

Ok, last pic, the matching pose 🤩💘

FR HE NAILED THE CHARACTER PERFORMANCE, IT WAS INSANE. You really gotta see it to believe it. mf from west end too so imagine my surprise when I heard him in an interview with an accent ☠️☠️☠️

Literally me throughout the whole musical:

I knew I was going to like the musical, but what I listed out here is basically the reason why I LOVED the musical. I love surprises so that's a big part of it as well.

Fave song: Used to be 'Put Your Mind To It' then it was 'It Works' but I think I settled on 'Something About That Boy' I just love duets and overlapping lines in songs. [But we all know the best song is Cake 💅]

TL,DR: The bestie and I went to see bttf the musical. i am a changed man... and now im here 🙃

reading updates: october 2023

hi everybody!!! things (by which I mean everything) have been a little bit hectic lately (by which I mean it feels like everything is one fire 100% of the time), which I guess explains why I'm late posting this AND why I only finished four books in all of October.

I would be very sad about this if the number of books I read had any correlation to my value as a person, but luckily it doesn't! so I don't give a shit, I am literally just vibing and trying to have a good time reading my silly little stories. here's a book report about it.

what I've been reading:

The Goblin Emperor (Katherine Addison, 2014) - okay, so picture this: you're the fucking elf king's least favorite son. you're not a bastard, but he didn't love your mom and after she died he basically banished you to a miserable little estate in bumfuck nowhere with no one but your abusive older cousin for company. probably he was going to leave you out there forever and hope that you would die quietly so no one would ever have to remember you existed. (un)fortunately, your shitty dad and all of his male heirs just died in a blimp accident and now you're the emperor. GOOD LUCK. this book is political fantasy of the highest order, with loads of machinations and intrigue and chewy worldbuilding interspersed with genuinely sweet moments between characters as one very good boy befriends his way to power. blah blah empires are inherently evil, obviously yes but this is a made up empire with 0 real consequences and Maia is my little dude. the only way I could love him more would be if he'd just nutted up and kissed his boy secretary on the mouth.

Happy Hour (Marlowe Granados, 2020) - I kept seeing this book enthusiastically as kind of a light fizzy funtime celebrating being young and free and running around New York City with no plans, and man... that was not my experience! Isa and Gala are maybe the most stressful girls I've ever encountered in fiction: perpetually broke and hungry, absolutely lacking in direction or ambition, always ricocheting listlessly from one situation to another in search of a good time and mostly only discovering disappointment, I need these girlies to get their lives together for my sake as a reader. there's one scene in particular where Isa is crashing with some disgustingly wealthy friends at the beach and keeps getting callously dismissed while sweating profusely and trying to figure out how she's going to convince them to keep paying for her food and it was so visceral that I developed a second, worse anxiety disorder because of it. Granados' writing is stylish, to be sure, but drama was not worth it for me.

The Magpie Lord (KJ Charles, 2013) - this historical fantasy romance is quick, dynamic, and horny. I can't actually say that I'm particularly charmed by the quality of the writing, which is there to hurtle you at warp speed between scenes of homoeroticism and bald exposition about magic, but I do admire Charles' panache. the book opens on a rather gruesome scene of our protagonist, Lord Crane, attempting to slit his own wrist; it quickly becomes clear that this isn't because he's genuinely suicidal, but because he's been cursed by persons unknown in an attempt to drive him to ruin. enter Stephen Day, a magic practitioner who hated Crane's deceased father and brother but is determined to help him all the same. some plot happens, but also a lot of flirting and (spoilers) sex that comes with an actual power-up for Stephen due to the wonders of blood magic. a pulpy good-time all around, and short enough that it doesn't overstay its welcome.

The Fervor (Alma Katsu, 2022) - The Fervor is a historical horror with a tantalizing premise: in the 1940s, Japanese demons begin to manifest inside of an Idaho internment camp for Japanese-Americans, adding a swirl of the supernatural to a situation that's already rife with mundane horrors. the actual execution is... lacking. Katsu's prose is blunt at best; when I call it "unsubtle" I don't mean the way some racist might mean when they inevitably go on a ramble about how Katsu beats her readers over the head with how racism is bad. racism is bad, duh, and it's hardly unrealistic to emphasize the fear and hatred that dogged the lives of Japanese-Americans during WW2. when I say this book is unsubtle I mean Katsu approaches each chapter like her readers have maybe forgotten everything they read leading up to that moment; you will be reminded frequently of characters' names, relationships, and straightforward motivations. and yet, somehow, the actual plot is still pretty murky. much is hinted at in the protagonist's past in Japan, then never actually elucidated, a main POV character falls clean out of the plot without resolution just before the climax, I still don't know what was up with those goddamn demon spiders. disappointing!

there was also one very specific, GLARING thing in the ending of The Fervor that I did not care for in the slightest, but that's tucked away on my Patreon in the monthly hater post. pay me if you want to hear about some CRAZY copaganda!

Hiya, finally got around to reading your post on the horror influences of DFF (thank you) and because it added immensely to my to watch list, I was wondering if you had any recommendations / resources for my current side quest.

Last week I watched both 1000 years old and Red Wine in the Dark Night and came across two very different vampires neither of which has fangs. And while that might still be a coincidence (n=2 is not a good basis) it was enough to make me realise that I do close to nothing about Thailand (and related) vampire lore.

While it is a blessing that we are going to have five thai vampire BLs this year, in this case it is actually a curse because any combination of keywords I can think of leads me to 1000 images of Boun staring at me with red eyes. And in this ONE instance, this is actually a complaint.

So, rambles over: Do you have any recommendation for thai horror / supernatural stories that feature vampires / blood sucking ghosts demons or the like?

Hope you are having a good day and happy watching :-)

Tbh I don't know a ton of Thai vampire movies specifically. My knowledge of Thai cinema tends to skew action or horror and even that I'm still a newbie. What's more frustrating is a lot of older Thai films aren't available for streaming and you gotta pirate them - which hey, I'm no stranger to that life either I'm an anime fan lmao - though Netflix has started picking up more Thai imports recently. That's where I watched The Whole Truth, Girl From Nowhere, Trapped 13 (there's a documentary and a drama also fuck Elon Musk), and part of School Tales.

[Netflix is so fucking annoying they have some of the best catalog for international media around but they're so god damn greedy]

As far as I know in regards to like, are there even Thai vampires in mythology/folklore the closest thing I could find was the Krasue:

"A Krasue, sometimes called Pii Krasue, is a spirit that haunts most of Southeast Asia. [...] The Krasue is delightfully gory, consisting of a floating head with entrails and internal organs dangling from the neck. They usually manifest themselves as attractive young women with bloody hanging innards and float about accompanied by an eerie glow. Sometimes, they even have fangs like a vampire." (source)

So I think it's pretty safe to say that, uh, the vampires in upcoming Thai shows are not taking from Thai myth lol but probably Japanese and Korean media.

Japanese takes on vampires which were all the rage in the mid-00s: Blood The Last Vampire (2000), Vampire Knight (2008), Blood+ (2005), Hellsing (1997 - 2008), Blood C (2011), Blood Hound (2004), Trinity Blood (2005) I'm noticing a lot of "blood" used in these titles.

Not that vampires aren't still a sub-genre in Japan, like gosh Seraph of the End was huge in 2013 and was a part of the small re-boom of anime/manga during that time period after the bubble popped.

Korea's also done vampires there seems to have been a bit of a boom in the mid-00s (Vampire Idol 2011, Immortal Goddess 2016) and then again recently (Kissable Lips 2022, Bite Sisters 2021, Heartbeat 2023). From what little I've seen in Korean media - I haven't watched either of the mid-00s shows - vampires tend to be more romance fodder, and treated like any other fantasy creature rather than something scary or demonic.

Which falls in line with the trailer for 1000 Days - which I have also not watched so correct me if I'm wrong and it's actually scary as fuck lmao - while Japanese vampire media ranges from romantic but more gothic or outright just for horror and action.

In my experience horror films from Japan, Korea and Thailand don't usually have blood sucking ghosts or demons? Not saying there's none, but most of the films I've watched the ghosts weren't like, of the blood sucking variety. They tend to be connected to curses left behind because of some sort of wrong done to the spirit in their past life.

Take, White Melody of Death, as an example which is a Korean horror film about a Kpop girl group. The curse that murders it's way through the characters is attached to the spirit of a character who died.

I really recommend this video on White if only b/c I adore Yhara's videos:

Even in The Whole Truth the spirit is more of seeking vengeance than like, to eat people. The concept of "demons" is different in various Asian countries than in an American/Anglo-Saxon context because of the differences in religious, and cultural roots.

Again, totally not an expert regarding all this, and I'm putting the rest under a read more for length but gonna talk a bit more about Japanese, and Chinese folklore (with sources!) under the cut. And I DO list some recs for general horror stuff I like.

Take the concept of "demon" for example:

"Yokai is not simply the Japanese word for demon, as is sometimes believed. They are the embodiment of a moment: a feeling of dread and bewilderment, or awe and wonder over an extraordinary event; or a strange sound or peculiar scent that demands an explanation; an ineffable phenomenon explained only by a supernatural entity. Little wonder then that the Japanese characters for Yokai are 妖怪, which taken individually could mean strange or alluring mystery!" (source)

You can see this reflected in Japanese media like the super famous Inu-yasha: A Feudal Fairytale by Rumiko Takahashi (Inuyasha when directly translated into English means "dog demon"). Where, in the story, there's a mix of demons both human like, creature like, and wide as far as individual morality goes - one of the protagonists, Inuyasha is a half-demon mixed with human it's a whole subplot of his character.

I've found this is more typical in the Japanese media I've engaged with. Like in Japanese horror like Dark Waters (2002) or Ringu (1998) they don't refer to the "monster" as a "demon" it's typically referred to as a ghost or spirit.

You can also see this in Chinese media like Yin Yang Master Dream of Eternity - where the protagonist is also a half demon I'm beginning to see a pattern in the media I like lmao - which makes sense since parts of Japanese folklore/mythology was inspired by Chinese mythology:

"Here, in his third book, Konjaku Hyakki Shui (Supplement to The Hundred Demons from the Present and the Past), Sekien finds inspiration in Chinese mythology." (source)

I feel like this is a long winded way of saying, uh, no I don't know any Thai specific movies about vampires or blood sucking demons. It seems like a fairly new genre exploration from what I've researched so far.

Anyway I can happily share some of my favorite Korean, Japanese and Thai horror things tho, but I really recommend others search themselves and explore the genre. Horror is so vast and flexible as a genre so there's a lot I haven't watched or maybe don't even vibe with that you might!

Perfect Blue, 1997, directed by Satoshi Kon - if you liked Black Swan you'd probably like this film if not more so, it's animated but it's such an amazing psychological horror film there's a reason Satoshi Kon's work has been so influential on media globally.

Girl From Nowhere, 2018 - I talk this one up a lot but I only like season 1 which imo is stronger conceptually, that said, a lot of folks liked season two as well! It has major Twilight Zone vibes, but with a central protagonist who is also a literal force of nature (is Nanno a deity, spirit, demon? No one actually knows and the ambigity is delicious) both seasons are available on Netflix.

Ringu, 1998 - I feel like even if you're a casual horror fan or the like you know of The Ring which is a 2002 remake of this Japanese horror film. I think the 1998 version is better if only because my beloved Hiroyuki Sanada is in it, tho as far as American remakes of Japanese horror films go, The Ring isn't a terrible one (the sequel is tho imo).

Hellsing Ultimate, 2006 - So there's an anime for Hellsing from 2002 that's okay, Hellsing Ultimate is a direct adaption of the manga and it's better. I recommend either reading the manga - the art is FANTASTIC - or watching Ultimate. Out of all three I prefer the manga if only because the art is so good, but if you want Dracula eating and fighting Nazis this is the story for you.

Vampire Princess Miyu, 1997 - this is partly nostalgia but the series is so beautifully animated and it's such a classic. The OVAs will probably be hard to find but if you can and you want some classic Japanese vampire stuff I really liked this back in my youth~~

God Child/Earl of Cain, 2005 - so this is a manga, and it's more Gothic horror than straight horror, but I'm adding it because Kaori Yuki's art is amazing, it's a very subtexually queer series, and it's very Sherlock Holmes meets Shirley Jackson in terms of story.

Train to Busan, 2016 - I am a HUGE zombie film fan love me some zombies and Train to Busan is in my top 3 easy. It's top down one of the best zombie films and the only one that tops it for me is the original Night of the Living Dead. The film has the tag team of Don Lee and Gong Yoo like are you kidding me?

I Saw The Devil, 2010 - This one is A Lot, but it stars Lee Byung-hun in one of his better roles and if you don't trust me watch Kennie JD's video on it.

The Guest, 2018 - This show was such an interesting mix of exorcism and shamanism. The scares were legit SCARY and the entire show was so unnerving, if you can handle slow burns and a good character driven ghost story I really liked this one.

#Alive, 2020 - Okay this feels like cheating cause it's not actually that scary like, at all lol at least not to me, but it's got zombies and the incredible Yoo Ah-In (there's also an American version with Tyler Posey that is unfortunately very bad).

Kingdom, 2018 - I am truly basic but it's SUCH a good zombie show!!! The thrills are amazing, and it had me and my Ma on the edge of our seats. It's not really scary to me, but like its a ymmv (zombies in general don't scare me lol they're just fun).

That's all I can think of right now, I know there's more in my head but I can't remember of them all lol and others that I've watched that I wouldn't really recommend - High School of the Dead, for example, is famous for it's "Matrix boobs" scene which is hilarious but not great cinema lmao - so I left a lot of stuff I know out.

This got long, sorry dude!

alright last of us ep 1 thoughts! some spoilers for both games, sorry

i expected this to be good (the game seems like a natural port to tv) and was not disappointed, i quite enjoyed myself. i'd be very curious to see/hear more reaction from viewers who don't already know the story inside out, as that is obviously the target audience (nothing wrong with that) but it's a different perspective to someone coming at it as a fan of the game

pedro pascal as joel is great. this is an easy sell to me in part because i'm somewhat ambivalent to game joel anyway, lol, but i feel a bit more fondness towards tv joel already. uh, more on that later

bella ramsey is good. it will take me longer to warm up to his ellie, because i am more attached to game ellie. this was always going to be the hardest role to cast because finding an actual teenager to carry this role was going to be hard. there are some moments where i feel like i can See the acting, which is distracting -- but there were other moments i quite liked their delivery, so i think i will settle into it as time goes on. the moment where ellie asks about the code and then, later, lies about the 80s song on the radio was the moment where they really clicked for me as ellie, so i'm looking forward to more bits like that.

the stand-out here for me was actually nico parker as sarah. sarah is a sweet but ultimately little beyond a prop in the game; here we got to know more of her, parker's performance was great, and the mounting dread as we follow sarah through the day and see hints of things amiss around her was excellent. it's interesting how much i was on the edge of my seat the entire prologue even though i knew exactly what would happen

marlene i'm so thrilled you manifested out of my playstation to be here you're beautiful. have you and kim explored each other's bodies

huge win for the joel/tess people LOL. i like tess a lot in game, and this is a different variation on the character, i think. they've softened her a bit -- i liked her lying to robert about how it's not an issue and she'll totally just let it slide, and the reveal of course that she didn't mean that lmao... but i hope we get to see her be a bit more ruthless in ep 2, or i'll feel this character lost something from the source. the entire robert subplot in-game is just a gunplay tutorial, and getting it all out of the way to get to business faster is an improvement, narratively, for a tv show.

but they've softened everyone so far, including joel. wanting a battery to go find his brother is a much nobler and sympathetic goal than being ripped off on arms he was trying to smuggle. this has pros and cons. obviously a pro is it's easier to like joel here; a con is what this will mean for the future of the character/season, when joel will be having to do some pretty brutal things, and presumably be pretty cold to ellie for quite some time. i also keep thinking of that moment in part 2 where dina is like, who would want to hurt joel? and ellie is like uh half the people who met him. "we're shitty people joel" is a good and definitive moment in game, one of the kinds of scenes i consider a thesis statement on the characters -- does it still hold up with this tess + joel? if it doesn't, how does the show adjust?

tbc i guess!!

misc other thoughts:

i wonder why we changed the outbreak to 2003... i assume it's so that "20 years later" means the main action is taking place in 2023. but it's not "our" 2023 so that seems almost irrelevant. i suppose they still felt that was more hashtag relatable than setting it in the near future

loved the cold open

the title sequence is cool but unfortunately like every prestige title sequence feels derivative of game of thrones. i think they could've repurposed the game's opener (the snippets of news broadcasts) and had a real banger of an opening. oh well

LOVE that they kept the music/composer

not sure how i felt about the early scenes of ellie w the fireflies. in game, i felt it was fairly clear ellie was doing this by choice. i also felt her wanting to return "home" didn't really jive with what i knew from left behind, where she was moments away from running away with riley + clearly unhappy at school anyway. maybe with riley gone she would want to return to normalcy but... idk

selfishly i hope this takes off because i can't remember the last time i watched a show weekly that other people were watching and talking about. maybe even flesh and blood people at work and stuff. wow.

RHAPSODY OF REALITIES DAILY DEVOTIONAL

Wednesday, 8th February 2023

THREE IMPORTANT THINGS JESUS CAME TO DO

He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil (1 John 3:8).

PASTOR CHRIS OYAKHILOME

Jesus had a clear purpose for coming to this world. The first is to destroy the works of the devil. The Bible tells us in Acts 10:38, “How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.”

Not only did Jesus come to destroy the works of the devil, He also came so that we may have and enjoy life. The Bible says in John 10:10, “The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it overflows)” (AMPC). He made us dispensers of life—the God-life.

Thirdly, and this is the chief of all that He came to do; He came to bring us into fellowship with divinity. The Bible says, “God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord” (1 Corinthians 1:9). This means we’ve been brought into oneness with Jesus Christ. We’ve been brought into friendship with Him.

In this fellowship, He knows you personally and shares His life and EVERYTHING He has and represents with you. Hallelujah! That’s why the Bible calls us joint-heirs with Him (Romans 8:17). We’re partakers—associates or comrades of the God-kind.

No wonder Paul said, “...all things are yours” (2 Corinthians 3:21), because you’re one with the Monarch of the universe—the One who owns and reigns over all things.

CONFESSION

I take charge of my life and enjoy it to its fullest, for Christ has made me a sharer, partner and participator of the divine nature. I'm an associate of the God-kind, having been made free from the corrupting influences, decadence and destruction in the world. Therefore, I take advantage of the immense treasures and blessings of the Christ-life. Glory to God!

*FURTHER STUDY:*

1 John 3:8 AMPC [But] he who commits sin [who practices evildoing] is of the devil [takes his character from the evil one], for the devil has sinned (violated the divine law) from the beginning. The reason the Son of God was made manifest (visible) was to undo (destroy, loosen, and dissolve) the works the devil [has done].

2 Peter 1:4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

Romans 8:17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.

Minnie, my love! ❤️ I have missed you. I hope you're having a lovely Tuesday!

Lily James shared that she and Sebastian are going to be working together again! Not sure if it's something confirmed or one of those "we're looking for a project"-type things, but it's so exciting!

Lily is so great in rom-coms - always super charming and charismatic - so I'm hoping that we'll finally get to see Sebastian in one! ✨ manifesting a rom-com for 2023✨

https://twitter.com/badpostslily/status/1551940390017798148

PS: I accidentally typed "minnifesting" and I think that's really apt for all the wishes you have for our two boys ❤️❤️❤️

Teeejjjj, you beautiful human!! I've missed you too! I hope life's been treating you well? Because you deserve nothing but the best, my love!! i'm having a good Tuesday thank you, finished work early so I'm doing some writing which is nice🥰 I hope your Tuesday is as splendid as you are! ❤️❤️

Oh wow that's so exciting, thanks for letting me know about this!! Yeah exactly, I also wonder if this is just something they agreed, like 'we'll definitely do more stuff together', or if it's something a bit more defined yet... I'm kinda thinking it might be the latter, which would be super exciting not just because they work so well together and get along so well, but also because that would mean some sort of new project announcement for Seb could be on the way!! <3

Juvenile (Pkmn/Prsk crossover) Prologue notes extended

Okay! So! This is the start of a little big something I've been sitting on for a while. For the last several months (since at least April 2023) I've been occasionally poking at this ever-expanding AU in my phone's notes, adding ideas for story beats and things to do with the characters and world. I always figured I wouldn't actually turn this into a real thing and figured I'd just keep it to my own imagination but the brainworms eventually won, so here I am!

Uh, so I don't know how "good" this is gonna be? Hell even this first chapter I'm already worried that maybe I tried to do too much at once. As I was writing a lot of extra ideas hit me for how I could better build this as a solid foundation of the rest of the story. I wanted every scene to like, matter, yknow? It might just straight up be too long! But any time I considered cutting a scene just to make things more brief I was like "no, no, I need that part". I could have also cut it into multiple chapters but it's the same amount of content so like, what would the point be. If you're wondering, the break points for a 3-chapter version of this would have been Mafuyu showing up at Kanade's place and Kanade seeing the others off at the train station.

Right off the bat, the prologue is a bit different tonally and I wanna talk about that. There's not a super high saturation of Pokemon stuff in this opening! I hope that isn't too weird considering this is a Pokemon AU! I wanted to ease Kanade into it before dropping her in the deep end for the last chunk. When the next chapter hits, we’ll be in full on Poke-mode. This chapter also has a handful of more serious moments, which is par for the course since y'know, Niigo. I actually cut out or edited some bleaker moments because I thought they felt out of place, lol. It's gonna get a lot more consistently lighthearted from here, I promise! (Mostly!)

I have the broad strokes of this story outlined, both in written notes and a map that I scribbled out. I don't have all the details in-between locked in, I'm being flexible there, but I know where I want this to go and generally speaking what I want to do with the whole cast.

I'm not aiming for anything super profound with this, and I have no practical experience in long-form storytelling. Hopefully that doesn't bite me in the butt too hard. Going forward, some chapters might end up being mostly choreographed action, some might be the characters sitting around talking for a few thousand words. At the end of the day, this is just me having fun with my favorite characters in one of my favorite fictional words. I'm trying to not think so hard that I corner myself.

On that note, I think it's worth noting up front that this is very much my version of these characters in my version of Unova. Not in a "my fic don't like don't read" kind of way but like... you might not agree with every choice?

For the most part character origins will have to be built from the ground up, though as you can see from this first chapter I've tried to keep bits and pieces from canon that I think naturally fit. Niigo's origin story is honestly pretty easy to write and intuit around considering they first met remotely. And while I did do a lot of expositing in this opening I think that instead of every character getting an airtight, perfectly laid out backstory, I'll leave some things to the imagination.

As far as the laws of the Pokemon universe goes, it probably goes without saying that I definitely won't be following strict rules from the games. Some Pokemon might end up learning moves that aren't in their learnset, for example (or at least, if they make sense for the Mon in question). Some moves and abilities might have their function tweaked for this context, or I might go for a different interpretation of how the move manifests physically. There’ll be Pokemon that have more than literally four moves. Stuff like that. I'm inserting some headcanons, some ideas that I think fill in gaps in the world building, and there'll be a lot of changes to the design of the world. I joke to myself that this is a "post-globalism Unova", because there's some locations that are really different, a couple totally original locations, and Pokemon here that don't show up in Pokemon BW/2. You could call it "anime logic" if you want, I just think loosening the rules makes things more interesting and fun to write and read. 

One more little nugget: In case you didn't recognize it, the title is from the Jin song made for the Project Voltage collab! It's my favorite song so far from the crossover, it makes me feel so many things. It just felt like a perfect fit for this story vibes-wise, as well as a fun coincidence since I’d been imagining Kanade with an Eevee for months beforehand.

I may run out of steam eventually, but I'm publishing this first chapter because I'm currently feeling fired up about it. Even if the current enthusiasm wanes over time this'll be here for me to poke with an update whenever I want.

I'd love for you to join me on this silly journey, and I hope you can enjoy it!

On this day, last year...

Oct. 7, 2022

I meant to speak a bit more about my therapy this week; I had hoped it would provide more insight, but this time was a bit strange.  EMDR is strange to begin with, harrowing and emotionally exhausting.  Honestly I had hoped to find out more about my triggers, and what the roots of them are, so that I can at least ameliorate their symptoms.  This time, we started off with my target image, but this time focused on the nightmares that emerge from it.

Part of the reason I have nightmares isn't because I'm scared of X, but because I am rather very angry with him.  My throat is tight with rage, and nothing seems to quell it.  And I realized, over the course of this session, that it was because I had no agency in my marriage.  Worse still, X preferred to keep it that way; so much so that he manifested what I thought was a mark of ownership on my cheekbone.

I'm no stranger to such marks.  Deities and entities galore have placed their markers on me to denote devotion, or to possess me in some fashion.  Even some of my most favored individuals have done so.  I can't say I blame them, per se, but it's time for me to recover those pieces of myself.

X never wanted that for me.  So, instead of a mark, he placed a sort of funnel on me that would siphon off whatever he wanted or needed at the time.  A singularity on my right cheekbone... perhaps more elsewhere.  And, during crucial moments, he would use that singularity to alter the potency of my willpower.  On any particular day, perhaps I would be too tired to resist, or be so confused or anxious that I lacked the capacity to make a decision, or perhaps I would just suddenly come down with a throbbing headache.

Using the power of these funnel-like spots, he forcibly removed approximately HALF of my agency, almost like a metaphysical lobotomy.  And so, as I poured more and more effort into filling those empty spaces, I became more frustrated, more tired, more dependent... even more of a puppet.  It was.. diabolically perfect.

But how does one get rid of something that very closely resembles a black hole?  In physics, there's no clear answer to this.  When a star collapses into a black hole, essentially its gravity takes over, infinitely compacting any matter and reducing light output to nil.  How was I to come back from this?

I realize, somewhat belatedly, that I spend an awful lot of time asking "how" to do things when I'm HOPE.  I can literally just DO ANYTHING.  Why should I even bother asking "how?"

To put it in fairly simple terms, I just... reversed the polarity of the spell.  Instead of drawing my energy and my agency away from me, it reversed course, spilling all my missing pieces back into me.  It's quite a lot to process, and I had a good bit of help from the guides.  One, an old man who called himself Basil, sat with me and patted my hand as I went through the emotional process of putting myself back together.

I'm going to have to defragment my brain again... perhaps this weekend will allow me the opportunity.  I wonder if I should commune with Mother again, but this may not be the best time... when my mind is still scattered in pieces everywhere, I mean.  I might not be able to process such a large quantity of information.

Oct. 7, 2023

I recall it was only recently that I lashed out at Fortitude for insisting X couldn't do anything to me. He can, and does, and I was tired of feeling invalidated, so I raised my voice at Fortitude for trying to verbally minimize X's presence.

It's one of many things I regret. Granted, what I said was not untrue, but getting upset like that seems to push him more and more into silence, when that's not at all what I want. From time to time, Fortitude will shut down and say he feels like he can't talk about anything with me because he has no idea what kinds of things will trigger me.

For the most part, my answer to this has been the same. "My triggers are not your responsibility. I would rather you trigger me, so that I know where I most need change in my life, than shut down and be silent in our partnership." Being triggered is awful, and it's hard, but it's those points when I learn what I need most, and that's incredibly important to me, as an agent of change.

I don't want or need him to solve my problems for me. Sometimes I just need someone to listen. I can pull myself out of my own mire; I just need a cheerleader on occasion. I hope he understands, but this has been something that has happened a number of times.

I don't ever want to have a stagnant relationship where we are "just okay" with each other. I want us to grow and fight and thrive together. And that means showing each other where our weak points are; doing the hard work of protecting and challenging each other.

I am glad that he is kind and cognizant of my triggers, and doesn't want to hurt me any more than he has to. But I can't go through my life avoiding the things that hurt anymore. And I frankly get upset at the way he dodges or hesitates before difficult issues, because it reminds me of X and how he practiced his relationships.

Wow, that was a sudden realization, just now... X spent so much time manipulating his way around and out of responsibility for my needs that all I want is someone who is willing to be honest. And I mean the kind of honesty that is heavy and full of love and kindness. That takes fortitude... and I wonder if it's something he's not ready for.

My tears mean so much to him, and this feels like something I've gone through, myself. I didn't want to make the people I love unhappy. I realize now that that's not something I can prevent or delay. There will be times that I can say the truth out of love, though. That's what I really want.

I want to do better, be better. And that means facing all the things that hurt me. It means taking responsibility for my own traumas and convincing others that I don't expect them to carry these heavy things for me. I just... want someone to hold my hand.

That's kind of where I am with Phobetor now; gently, lovingly making him aware of my boundaries and his own shortcomings. He's been hanging around lately, and I don't much mind. His presence doesn't frighten me anymore.

He's asked me many times now what I see when I look upon him. My answer is always the same, but I think he asks because he's not altogether sure I'm honest; that perhaps at some point my answer will change. And he's so convinced that I'm going to hurt him for the role he's played all these millennia that even his gestures toward me are stuttering, frightened.

He would likely find that insulting if I pointed it out.

It's September 2023! Life update of your RiRi.

Yeah I made it to September 2023, life is rough last year and partly this year. Also i would've thought i was able to activate or open this account, but thank God i remembered the pasword.

Okay this year i graduated in my master degree, that supposed to happen last year. But because of pandemic it didn't happen. And hopefully next year I am going to enroll PhD in God's name. It was little tough because my ex graduated too, she was there with her new girl and mom, well she looks well and I'm truly happy for her. It just that I wondered about something... nahhhhh just forget it.

About my work, yes I was able to get the regular position but not the position I'm working on, I'm heartbroken of course more than my 4 year relationship falling apart because obviously i gave my blood and tear for that but unfortunately i didn't get it. However, I'm still grateful for being a regular employee of OIC. God is good and know He has a bigger and best plans for me.

Also last March I was able to purchase the dream "multicab" of my papa and mama. I received some amount of money "incentives" and the rest of the amount I lend it from the coop. I was so happy because I finally fulfilled the life long dream of my papa to have multicab for his farm and for family private service.

Last year I was manifesting for Iphone XR, but now He gave me Iphone 11 pro, and an Ipad, I mean Thank you Lord! I was able to afford those things. I was able to pay also the installment of TV my ex got for my mama. I mean kaya ko pala ! *tears of joy*

This year also I was able to support my papa for his candidacy as kagawas in our brgy. He was so happy and so am I. I'm so proud of myself because i can now support my parents even though not all but atleast there are thins that I am capable of.

Also Sept. 21, 2023 I finally have a girlfriend I mean yeahhh! haha

Life is good indeed, I was able now to handle my anxiety and depression, I mean not totally but at least there is progress tho.

Currently I've struggling for my finances but I know dili ko pabayaan ni Lord. I know makaya ra ko ni! Laban lang gihapon ta always ani.

I think that would be all for my life update.

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Hi Pia, I don't mean to bother you, but I wanted to ask why serials and not novels? (Except Perth Shifters!) I realized that if you only published novels, you'd have 40-50 by now? You might be a really successful novelist! I love your serials, I'm not trying to get you to stop! You're one of my favorite writers, but novels have more mass appeal, serials are hard to recommend sometimes, so many people want actual books. So I was curious about your reasons? Why the serial? Thank you for writing!

Hi anon!

You're not bothering me at all. :)

This is actually a question I've asked myself before and will ask myself in the future, because from a career standpoint, 'original serials on AO3 where it's against their TOS for me to mention any kind of marketing' is - possibly - the stupidest way to do any kind of writing career ever.

I've not always had easy answers on this front, because even though I started out writing serials, there are hundreds of other authors who have started out this way and had zero issues transitioning to publishing novels. Or keeping all their original stuff in novels, and writing fanfiction on AO3 still (just look at astolat, lol).

But this year I was diagnosed with fairly significant ADHD, which is unmedicated, and I've realised that a lot of my life has been finding loopholes to exist in ways that allow me to work at all, and stay interested in the work I'm doing.

And guess what serials give me? Regular dopamine installments way more often than novels ever could! They also give me a chance to interact with readers in a different way than novels do. And I sort of realised in a moment of kind of shock and a little bit of sadness, that I think - right now - I'm locked into the serial format because it's the only way my manifestation of unmedicated ADHD allows me to write at all.

I find novels incredibly hard to write and I've never hidden that? Like, it's not the wordcounts at all (obviously), but the fact that I have to go so long without any kind of feedback, and then once I get that feedback, professionally it's just not a good idea to interact with it. At least to a degree. I can here and on Twitter! But I don't enjoy the novels I've written as much as my serials, and I think that's partly because I'm less inspired, because there's less ongoing dopamine input that I can get from novels.

So from a business, financial, 'standardised success' perspective, I'm doing everything completely wrong. Like I have honestly recommended writers not do anything I'm doing.

But from a personal ability to do this in the first place, I'm doing it right! And I'd rather be able to do some version of it, than nothing at all.

It has made me wonder if things would shift at all - or if I could do a more successful 50/50 hybrid split - if I was successfully medicated. But there are 6-12 month waiting lists just to see psychiatrists in Western Australia right now, and I don't know anyone who will take me for ADHD and CPTSD and be good at both. So that's on hold at least until 2022, and I still might not have found meds that work for me (and may never) until late 2022 or 2023, lol.

My ADHD is, in some ways, so good for my writing. It's so easy to come up with ideas, and worlds, and characters, and plotlines. But it's really bad for the 'success' side of things. It does sometimes make me a bit sad that like, I could have 40-50 novels, and probably be making close to - if not exceeding - a full-time wage right now. I might not even need to be dependent on disability welfare anymore. I think about that all the time. Like, could you imagine The Wildness Within as an original trilogy? Or the original worldbuilding of The Golden Age that Never Was published as novels? I do think about that! Sometimes my soul hurts that some of my best storylines are locked into spaces where very few people will see them.*

But...part of this whole journey came about because I'm disabled. I didn't dream of being a writer. I had so many other dreams. Writing came along because I was too disabled to work more 'standard' work hours, and because my brain is...well, the way that it is. But I made this into my dream. I love it now. Perhaps if I was well enough to have turned my 4.5 million words into 50 novels, I might not be a writer at all in the first place, actually. Who knows? :) I'd rather have written those words than not written them at all, and I'm pretty sure after 8 years of serials, I'm not about to become a full-time novelist!

I wish I would though, if only for the selfish reason that I want all of my stories on my bookshelf. Other authors get to have this, and I don't even have this with the novels I've actually published, lmao. Oh well. I have the most amazing other things instead to make up for it! See the next paragraph, lol.

* But then I also think about all the people I've met, and the community, and the Faedom, and the artists and other writers and the friends I've made. I think how lucky I am to be able to share these things at all. When I'm sad that I think some of my best writing is you know, in a format and in a place that just isn't marketable in a regular way, I remind myself that I'm fortunate I can do it at all.

I guess like you, I sometimes wonder why I'm not writing novels to be more successful, to make more money, to support my you know - my disabilities and my life - but then I also realise I do actually really love serials, and they give me (and my brain) things I love, and a world to love them in, and I'm so fortunate to have the Ko-Fi and the Patreon, and just...so grateful that even though this is a road I wouldn't recommend to anyone wanting to become a successful writer, it's a road I'm humbled enough to enjoy.

RHAPSODY OF REALITIES

📅 TUES. 19TH DECEMBER 2023

           WORK THE WORD

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Wherefore, my beloved... work out your own salvation with fear and trembling (Philippians 2:12 ).

Pastor Chris Says

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The Word of God is for doing; we're doers of the Word; we work the Word. As long as the Word remains in the pages of your Bible, it won't produce any results for you. But when you meditate on the Word and speak it forth, it comes alive and active.

Think about this: A lady who was diagnosed with breast cancer asked that I prayed for her. But I told her she could put the Word to work; she could use her mouth to cut out the cancerous growth. I explained to her what the mouth is -"stoma" (Greek), the front or edge of a weapon. She was excited and immediately got to work. She spoke consistently to the growth, in faith, over a period.

When I saw her a few months later, she was completely healed; the cancer had dematerialized and she was perfectly normal. She worked the Word. Glory to God! If you're sick, broken or afflicted in your body and you desire to be well, put your faith to work. Work the Word.

All the blessings of God are already packaged and delivered to you in Christ. The Bible says, "...all things are yours" (1 Corinthians 3:21). 2 Peter 1:3 says He's "...given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness...." Ephesians 1:3 says He has blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ.

God already did everything He needed to do for you to have and enjoy a glorious life. But you have the responsibility to put the Word to work in your life. You're the one to ensure all the wonderful blessings of God manifest in your life. Affirm the Word for your healing, prosperity, victory, promotion etc. Declare your prosperity without wavering. Hallelujah!

        🗣 C O N F E S S I O N

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I belong to Christ; therefore, I'm the seed of Abraham, graced for greatness and ordained to be fruitful and productive in every good work. My life is for the glory of God and I reign and rule by the Word of God through the power of the Holy Spirit. I launch out today in faith, establishing the blessings and goodness of the Kingdom in my life, in Jesus' Name. Amen.

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James 1:22-25;   But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

[23] For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:

[24] for he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.

[25] But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. 

Jeremiah 1:12 AMPC;   Then said the Lord to me, You have seen well, for I am alert and active, watching over My word to perform it.

Isaiah 55:11 AMPC;   So shall My word be that goes forth out of My mouth: it shall not return to Me void [without producing any effect, useless], but it shall accomplish that which I please and purpose, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.