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I think it only fair to ask on this, the beginning of Spoopy Season, for a continuation of Living Blood? 🧡🖤🧡🖤🧡 Also Happy Halloween!!
a continuation of 1 2 3 4
Zagreus hoards the darkness.
It's a waste to spend it on the mirror when he can twist it into something different, something better and more useful.
Wielding chaos doesn't come to him easily, but that just means it's like everything else in his life. He uses it to hide things from his father and to change things without his notice.
This domain belonged to Chaos first, after all. They can see everything that he's doing, but they;re intrigued and amused and even offer boons and advice to help him. Zagreus is grateful for it, even though it's always a double edges sword.
He wouldn't have been able to do so much so quickly without it.
Replicating Chaos's portals is tedious and pulls the blood from his veins, but less and less as time goes on. And as his priestess spreads his names and his blessings across the mortal earth, he has more blood to give.
Zagreus bleeds, and bleeds, using the power of his blood melded with chaos to twist the underworld into a different shape, and yet his body never runs dry. These days he only dies when he chooses to.
He shifts among the levels of the underworld, bypassing all the irritating challenges and using the time everyone thinks he's using to fight his way to the surface on more substantial pursuits.
Creating a path from Tartarus to Asphodel to Elysium without getting caught by Charon does drain him to exhaustion a few times, but it's worth it.
"Oh, you've been up to something interesting, haven't you Prince Z?" Sisyphus asks in delight when Zagreus shows him the entrance.
"We could use some help with the next harvest," he says, grinning. "If you're up to keeping a secret."
It's a huge swath of the underworld that he's edged his way into, formed by chaos and blood and that can’t be touched by anyone without his express invitation.
“This isn’t a path,” Patroclus scoffs when Zagreus shows him. “This is – it’s nearly the size of Elysium! You could fit a whole kingdom in here!”
That’s an exaggeration. It’s much smaller than Elysium.
“Or a princedom,” Eurydice adds thoughtfully. “The clearing has been getting a little crowded. I don’t suppose anyone knows how to build a castle?”
“I designed a few in my time,” Sisyphus says, rubbing his hands together.
Zagreus frowns. “I don’t – it’s just supposed to make things easier for us, and to give us more room to grow things.”
“We’ll do that too,” Patroclus says, surveying the land with a contemplative air that makes Zagreus nervous. “But every god needs his domain.”
“This is my father’s domain,” he points out. “My domain lives in my followers’ veins and perhaps in the temples they’ve started constructing.”
“Where is your father’s power here?” Patroclus asks. “All I feel is yours.”
Well – well. Hm.
“There are a few more nymphs I trust that could help,” Eurydice says, “if you don’t mind, Prince.”
He gives up. “If you trust them, I trust them. Just don’t go overboard.”
Three of his very good friends are smiling at him and nodding and Zagreus tells himself the unease he feels is paranoia.
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Meg hears rumors but doesn’t understand them and dismisses them. The dead are all a bunch of gossips and nothing they say can be trusted.
Except she vanquishes another disobedient soul and as it vanishes it hisses, “Horrible harpy! You deserve to be part of the Prince’s Court!”
What an odd way to phrase that, she thinks. She and Zagreus are just sleeping together, whenever she’s free and she can stop him for long enough to roll him into bed.
It’s almost laughable – the idea that Zagreus would have any court of his own, that there’s any power that could be clawed out of Hades’s grip.
It’s impossible.
She’d once thought escape was impossible too.
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Khxjgsigush I saw ONE POST you posted today, started scrolling your blog, was v confused by the birthday asks bc I thought you were my almost birthday twin but sent a happy birthday ask anyway, then. Saw the ask I sent on your actual fuckin birthday. Double checked timestamp.
Whatever, you can have a second birthday. As a treat.
Lol thank you twice!!
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Pink, purple, blue, hot pink
Pink??? Blue??? :O Are you jealous of my intense femboy swag,,, I mean, I guess my aesthetic has been kind of on point lately, it's just hard to imagine being transition goals when I'm so... teacher-shaped. Someone's gender goals are Ms. Frizzle and actually you know what? That's valid.
#solitaretalk#i rarely post selfies so most of you would not know but I am very shaped#that shape is watermelon#hot pink and purple let's be honest I knew. when I reblogged it I was like 'and this is the one nightshadeis will send'#pink and blue were a surprise tho
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15 Questions for 15 Mutuals
Tagged by @qthewhatever and @magpierhymes (hi new friend!)
Are you named after anyone? My mom suggested Logan after a character on a tv show she watched (not sure of the name oops) and my dad said “fuck yeah like Wolverine” so I guess I’m named after two fictional characters
When was the last time you cried? A few days ago. My dog climbed in my lap and rested his head on my chest and I was overcome with emotion and started sobbing
Do you have kids? Absolutely not, could you imagine lmao
Do you use sarcasm a lot? Less than when I was younger, but yeah, I’d say I’m still pretty sarcastic
What sports do you play/have played? I played two seasons of soccer when I was around 8/9 and was terrible at it bc I am very much Not Athletic.
What’s the first thing you notice about other people? Their personal style. I really enjoy fashion despite dressing like a homeless stoner 80% of the time. Second thing I notice is their mouth/smile.
What’s your eye color? Blue
Scary movies or happy endings? I also agree that this is a silly dichotomy, I love both. But I’m definitely a sucker for happy endings.
Any special talents? I can perfectly imitate that gross garbage disposal cough that dogs do
Where were you born? South Florida
What are your hobbies? Lotta artsy things. Mostly drawing, but I’ve been doing a lot of crafty things recently. A couple days ago I picked up embroidery to add some details to my vest. I’ve also been giving myself a bunch of stick n poke tattoos the past couple weeks lol. I also love D&D and roleplay, and I occasionally play video games (mostly cozy/casual games like Pokemon and Stardew Valley)
Do you have any pets? This little freak
How tall are you? 5’3” I’m small
Favorite subject at school? I really hated school when I went, but I loved my acting and stagecraft classes. If I have to pick a core class though, I’d probably say English, most of my high school English teachers were great.
Dream job? Trophy wife something creative, maybe freelance art. Although starting in November, I’m gonna be joining my partner on the road working some ren faire shows, so maybe I’ll find my calling there lol
15 mutuals: @solitarelee @ragingstinkingrottengay @snobgoblin @artsytj-97 @keeeegs @spiritmoon23 @mysticsnowfang @genderfluid-chameleon @nightshadeis @mysterysoup (I genuinely thought I was already following you SOZ) @enchantertimmit @ladyravenia @jackaycola @mochimellowd @iv0ry-keys
(I think that’s almost every active mutual I have lmao. Also tagging anyone else that wants to do it!)
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The mealybugs have found my nightshades again 😭😭😭
I ended up spraying it down with alcohol and hoping for the best.
The also found the H. linearis but it doesn’t seems to be doing too horrible despite this and I sprayed it down when I found out. I got this as a cutting two springs ago I think? It’s so big now!
The mystery seedling is definitely not a Hellebore! It looks very nightshadey now. The plot thickens.
The butterfly peas made their first flowers and now I have literal uwu smol beans forming!
#solanum#Hoya#plantblr#plants#plampts#miscellaneous garden postings that didn’t warrant their own posts!#fruit#food plants
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@nightshadeis You're such a sweetheart! You flatter me :3
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My favorite nanu headcanon i have is that he gives all of his pokemon really stupid edgey puns for nicknames
Like hes got one sableye named Miss Fortune and another one named Slim Nightshadey
Im still trying to think up good names for his other pokemon but tjose are the vibes yknow???
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I posted 1,386 times in 2022
That's 1,380 more posts than 2021!
4 posts created (0%)
1,382 posts reblogged (100%)
Blogs I reblogged the most:
@ambykinns
@patient-amour
@fullmetalfisting
@supernaturaldaily
@nightshadeis
I tagged 1,384 of my posts in 2022
#funny - 302 posts
#supernatural - 193 posts
#cute - 133 posts
#dean winchester - 94 posts
#adorable - 65 posts
#disney - 61 posts
#cat - 57 posts
#kitty - 56 posts
#sam winchester - 53 posts
#bones - 48 posts
Longest Tag: 94 characters
#after covid and after big family decided not to gather because papa was gone there are 9 of us
My Top Posts in 2022:
#4
Realities of a big girl
Personal Rant Incoming:
We like to pretend that as a society we are getting better at accepting people for who they are. Maybe we are. But where I sit and from what I see that isn’t the case. One of my friends has a father who dislikes me (long story short I called him out on some shitty behavior and he did fix those behaviors afterward but has talked trash about me ever since. Although he blames it on how I acted at a fancy restaurant even though I have no prior knowledge, still, on how to act at a fancy restaurant) and right now my friend lives with her dad again. Well on a series of weird events I found myself in the area and my friend had some things for my offspring, so I stopped by. He said no words to me when I was there and since he was on the phone I said no things to him. After I left he apparently told my friend “That is a big girl” which she told him off and that she sees me as only me and that is how he should see me...I tried to not let it bother me because I know he just wants to talk trash
BUT this isn’t like a single occurrence. This happens all the time. Let alone the fact that I hardly eat to begin with. And I have so many other instances running around in my head. Being accused of eating all the food on a trip I took with another friend, being eyed and told nothing in a store would fit me, and just generally being shamed for my body.
All of this while still adjusting to the fact I have PCOS and my journey to have another offspring is going to be more complicated and my WEIGHT might not even be something that I can totally control. But I gaslight myself into thinking that everything is in my head: I’m fat because I am lazy. I don’t need to eat I have plenty of fat. My spouse will eventually leave me a skinnier person, especially as they lose weight. And I want all these thoughts to stop because I know they don’t belong but....I have a million instances where they prove to be true.
Anyway, my friend also said something that night as I ate my first real meal of the day, and it stuck with me. “You deserve to eat” just something that simple. I hear it from others, my spouse and such but at least it adds another voice of reason to combat the bad.
I’m trying to be a better human for my offspring. That includes teaching her fat isn’t a bad word and to love yourself no matter what. I still struggle everyday with the voices and what I was taught, I only hope that I am laying a foundation for my baby to be able to walk the world with their head held high in a way that I have not been able to do yet. I hope that I can make that shine brighter than it ever did for me. And hopefully someday, a little at a time, I will see myself in a better light too.
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#3
You are awesome and sweet and caring towards everyone. You be the best. That be my opinion
I have no idea who this is from or how long it has been sitting in my inbox, but thank you. I kind of needed this today.
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#2
ugh
I told a person I was on Metformin because I have PCOS and it is a recent diagnosis, which sucks since I want more kids. The person replied with ‘Metformin is bad for you’ and why...why would you say that. So I replied with “Yeah and all my bipolar meds are supposedly bad too.” And she was quick to reply with “Yeah super bad.” My response was simply “Not worse than unaliving myself” and I think perhaps I took it too far. But seriously I am sick of this same argument.
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My #1 post of 2022
Infertility
I never thought I would be here. My daughter happened so easily without aid. Now I am here with a diagnosis of PCOS and two little bottles to help me make another. This time it won’t be a happy accident. This time will be painstakingly calculated with medicine and a schedule. This time the baby will be made out of timing and plans. Will the passion still be there? Why does this feel like such a big failure? Do I have a right to complain? Some people long for one child and I selfishly want more. Why does this hurt my feelings so much? What if even this fails? What if I do it wrong? What if this is because I don’t deserve more? Am I a good enough mom? Am I good enough? These are all the things I think and feel as I look at those two little bottles.... I will push on regardless and hope that this works. Adjusting to new things are hard. Hopefully I will be with child soon. Waiting is always the hardest thing.
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Hi! I just saw your post about now identifying solely as a lesbian instead of bisexual lesbian, and I wanted to say congrats! I know you don't necessarily need the validation of a nearly-25-year-old, but I'm still super proud of and excited for you.
You've changed what labels you use and feel comfortable with so many times, and I for one am super pleased on your behalf. Finding the right words is hard sometimes, and while I personally feel confident in my identity as I label it now, it's always good to see that it's 1000% okay to change it if we need to.
I know I'm kind of rambly right now but I'm pretty sure I got my point across and that's what matters. Happy for you!!
Thank you. :)
I feel like, for me personally, it’s important to talk about these things in a public fashion. I know a lot of younger queer or LGBTQIA+ folx are reading what I have to say, and it’s important to me that I affirm the idea that queer is an okay thing to be, that you will change or grow throughout your life, and that’s okay! It’s okay to not stick with the same definition of yourself that you had when you were 12, 15, 25, etc. There may be some parts of you that never change, and that’s good! You have a core self, and that’s great!
But some things about you can change. Maybe it’s because you grew and changed, and maybe it’s because you came to understand yourself better. Maybe you unpacked a lot of other people’s expectations for you and suddenly remembered that night when you were laying in bed at like, 12, whispering ‘I’m a lesbian’ to yourself and you look back to that 12-year-old you and say, “Actually, you know, you’re right. Thanks for telling us.”
Just for random example.
But like, I think we’ve done ourselves a disservice as a community because we were trying to guard against things like conversion therapy. The ‘born this way’ narrative makes sense as a defensive maneuver, because allocishet people as a group can be really harmful shitheads to us, and for some people, that narrative is exactly correct! But it’s also true that for some people, that’s not correct, they grew and changed and understood themselves better.
It’s important that we acknowledge within our community that that’s okay, and that doesn’t make their identities less legitimate or conversion therapy less wrong! You can change and grow during your lifetime, learn about yourself and shape yourself, and maybe that means you’ll find yourself saying ‘wow, I’m not actually a binary trans woman, I’m non-binary! I have learned and reassessed my needs and now I know!’ or maybe you’ll be saying, ‘hunh, I guess pansexual is a better label for me these days’ or ‘my means of interacting with my sexuality has changed, and I think demisexual is a better fit for me now,’ or even ‘I’m going to invent a gender for myself because all of the extant gender terms no longer serve me.’
For me, I think it’s a little of column A and a little of column B. I’ve always liked girls better, and in HS started acting out real hard to cover that up, because I lived in a rural area, and if I was a slut, at least I wasn’t queer, and could survive until graduation. I genuinely loved a couple of guys, which has nothing to do with my actual desire and attraction mechanism, I just ... loved them because they were good people. (Sexuality and gender and love and sexual desire can be very complex and confusing and it doesn’t serve us to pretend they’re not.) But I’ll tell you what, realizing that every AMAB I’ve been attracted to since I broke up with Cat’s dad was an egg, and they invariably came out after I started crushin’ on em? Kinda blew the top of my head off, and I had to sit down and think really hard about what that meant for me as a person.
Anyway, this ramble is long enough. TL;DR: community defensive maneuvers which present queerness/gayness/transness/etc. as immutable absolutes are good when it comes to saving lives and bad when it comes to maintaining healthy community and healthy people within that community. I’m a lesbian, and I think it’s important for me to speak openly about my path so that the younger people coming up behind me in community who feel like I feel can say ‘ah, I’m not alone! Spider feels that way too!’
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I have never consumed any lupin III content but I can now recognize at least two characters by name, thank you for posting so much ❤️
Hahaha, thank YOU for not just unfollowing outright! :P I'm glad you've been enjoying the unending stream of anime criminals.
(Also, which ones? I'm curious :P)
#just follow me down to my cellar where i keep a fine vintage of homoerotic '60s/'70s media#for real though thanks for sticking around and also let me know if you want to get dragged into this. there's so much lupin content#we have fun here#asks#nightshadeis
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Happy Pride!! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 Something from Draco as Hogwarts champion?
set in the same universe as this and a continuation of 1
Harry had known the Malfoys were important, in a vague sort of way, but he'd kind of thought they were important the same way Uncle Vernon was important at his company, in a way that was more self importance than anything else.
Then he watches Narcissa Malfoy walk out of the maze, Alastor Moody's body floating behind her, look straight at the minister of magic and say, "Cornelius, with me."
The minister of magic opens his mouth, confused and blustered, then takes another look at Narcissa's face and the he turns a worrying shade of white and says, "Yes, of course, Mrs. Malfoy."
There are are mutterings and people looks confused and there are even some screams. The reporters rush forward, shouting questions and Harry cringes and tucks himself closer to Draco without really thinking about it.
"Really, Harry?" he mutters, but throws an arm over his shoulder and says, "No comment."
They still press forward, because of course they do, but then Narcissa's voice cuts between them. "My son said no comment."
The reporters shrink back and Narcissa leads the way into the castle, both Fudge and Dumbledore following. Dumbledore seems to think he's pulling one past her but coming along even though she didn't tell him to, but Harry knows that that's exactly what she'd wanted him to do.
"Your mom is so scary," he whispers.
Draco laughs and squeezes him against his side. "You should see her at a garden party."
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Hi hello I forgot you had a main blog but anyway I just realized. There's ANOTHER BLOGGER I FOLLOW who's birthday is the 6th or 8th of March. That's who I was thinking was my almost birthday twin. Bc mine's the 7th. And with that person as well we became mutuals after the discovery. THE POINT IS LONG REIGN PISCES also you're a cool bean uwu
Thank you!! We’re almost birthday triplets (is that a thing??) And Happy belated to you!
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Got tagged by @architeuthisducks-blog and am procrastinating on editing papers SO
Lock screen! Art by @densewentz
Currently listening to! (it said last listened but I'm never not playing music)
Last picture is very telling 😂😂😂
Last picture I saved (that isn't just work stuff I can't show you)
Tagging @nightshadeis bc I think they'll do whatever I tell them to and @cate-millsie bc I'm curious
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Fuckin LOVE when anti-choicers claim that people ("women") are lied to about the humanity of a fetus, about their options besides abortion, about why they need an abortion. I'm sure that's true of some people (""women""), but I highly highly HIGHLY doubt that abortion providers, especially PP, are actively lying to people ("""women""") about the realities of pregnancy and abortion. (Side note, if I seem extra salty about """"women"""", it's because I'm not a woman and I've had an abortion.)
Yeah. It’s really frustrating when you run across anti-choicers who are so far down the conspiracy propaganda rabbit hole that they just rattle off talking points without ever approaching reality.
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