Despite having written close to 25k words this month, I have been SLACKING on making any type of "Six Sentence Sunday" or "WIP Wednesday" Posts. Partially because my NaNoWriMo Project is a secret gift. Partially because I have been cursed by an eldritch deity and never know peace.

Anyway. To each and every one of you who continues to tag me - you're gems. Sweethearts. Sparkles of Light on my bad days. I love and appreciate each of you, even if I do it silently from my little corner of the world.

Setting the emotions aside now.

Here are as many sentences as I feel like sharing from my project. Because I've been quiet lately and ya'll deserve more than just six measly sentences for not abandoning me. (And if you're from the CO Fandom, know that I'm coming back to all my SnowBaz WIPs as soon as I finish this beast)

An Excerpt from Chapter XI

As I finish Erwin’s request, I level my gaze back on him. Finding his eyes with my own, there’s a look, an intensity, in them that leaves my mouth dry. There’s a question flying in the blue of his irises, a curiosity that I want to sate.  What does he want from me?  Swallowing, I lean forwards in my seat. Propping my elbows on the table, even though Erwin told me that proper nobles keep their elbows off the tops of tables and desks. “How much of this is true?”  Erwin’s eyes flash at my question, and he leans in himself. Bringing our heads close enough together that I can smell the tea and cream from breakfast on his breath. “What do you think?”   “I think I’m not being told everything,” anything, “and that’s on purpose.”  Apparently, that was the right thing to say as Erwin grins at me. And again, I’m struck with how much he reminds me of that boy who’s name I can’t recall. Brilliant white teeth and pink lips that soften his angular face. The sight stirs something reminiscent in my gut. I’m half tempted to ask Erwin if he feels it too, if I remind him of someone from his own childhood. But before I can gather the courage to potentially make a fool of myself if I’m wrong, Erwin is asking more questions of me.  “And why would they do that? Why not tell you, tell everyone the truth?”  “The same reason anyone avoids the truth, because they have something to hide.” It’s an easy answer. One of the first lessons that Kenny taught me. Everyone has something to hide, and if you can find that truth in an individual you can best them every time.  “Exactly,” Erwin agrees with me as he pushes the books we’ve been studying away from us. “So what could the royals and nobles be hiding from us?”  At that, I’m stumped and shrug my shoulders. Erwin deflates with me, almost like he was expecting me to actually have the answer to that question.  He does think I’m a noble, maybe the idiot thinks I have some secrets.   It wouldn’t shock me to discover that he wants to use me for something. He’s clearly working against the nobility in some regard, and I’m sure having a noble on his side could be beneficial. But if he thinks I’m going to be some grand advantage, he’s surely mistaken. I’m nothing more than a good fighter and decent thief.  “I think we’ve covered enough for today,” Erwin redirects the conversation suddenly. Moving to restack the books and parchment we’ve been using all afternoon.

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petition to remove lily from the marauders friend group and let the slytherin skittles have her instead…………………

Percico Hanahaki AU in which the love is mutual but the flowers keep growing because Nico never believes Percy actually loves him hahaha.

One of the reasons that my book of shadows focuses so much on the pagan/wiccan/Roman/etc... calendar is that I use witchcraft as a coping mechanism for my ADHD and anxiety.

I get a paralyzing feeling of dread when I am under pressure so I stop cleaning my house or accomplishing important tasks or feeding myself. I literally let my tooth rot until it fell out of my mouth on its own. I can get things done, but not the things I actually NEED to do.

So I use the ritual of witchcraft to help form traditions and habits that help me take care of myself!

Matronalia? Perfect time to do a breast exam

Kallynteria? Today is the day to vacuum the apartment in honor of Athena

It's a full moon? Take a fäncy bath, then scrub the tub or pick the clothes up off the bathroom floor!

Alfarblót? In honor, of the goddess Freya's chariot pulled by cats, I will get my oil changed.

It's kind of silly, but if I disguise actual tasks as silly things without any sense of pressure or immediacy and spread them out, I trick my brain into wanting to do them. And if that's not magic, I don't know what is.

do we think i can finish this today (the last day it's available lmao)

i’m a yjb defender, i am in fact a proud jonny bairstow apologist. that said, i’ve never seen someone so comprehensibly figured out by a bowling attack than jonny in this series.

btw my lucifer's intentions for tempting eve with the forbidden fruit were two-fold: he did wish to gift humanity knowledge, for he thought living in paradise was not worth the ignorance.. but he's also incredibly petty*, and he wanted to prove a point to The Lord, because he'd already begun waging war with lilith at his side at this point and he was feeling a lil bitchy about it.

Started reading the Bible today (I'm an atheist)

It's all for the Good Omens lore and for fanfiction purposes.

This is where I am at mentally.

here's the thing about shadow: his role, as the protector/savior of the world, is already being utilized. there's someone else filling his role. sonic.

shadow fulfilling his goal of protecting the world would have been fine as a one off thing. shadow being the protector and dying valiantly thus fulfilled what gerald and maria originally intended for him. he kept his promise to maria, even at the ultimate cost.

but by bringing him back from the dead, sega brought about a very big question- what do we do with him now? the role he wants is already being filled. there's not really a need for him. so what's left for him?

i don't think sega honestly has a concrete answer. the route they seem to take is that shadow's trying to let go of his past but also keep maria's promise. but i think, for both fans and sega, that they put far too much emphasis on maria's promise. i don't think it's a satisfying arc for shadow to save the world just because he feels he has to, just because he promised he would, just because he was intended to do so. shadow 05 was all about a deep exploration into morality and identity. what is shadow, now that maria and gerald are no longer in his life? what is shadow, now that someone is already fulfilling the role of the hero?

personally, if i had been in charge, i would have put him on team chaotix. having shadow align with g.u.n. is frankly a bad move- the very same branch of government that literally killed shadow's family and is filled to the brim with corruption? i don't see shadow joining, not willingly. and i definitely don't see him joining as an alternative to being a hero. the commander and him still have a lot of unresolved conflict and there's the fact that g.u.n. KILLED maria and EXECUTED gerald.

i think him being a part of team chaotix would be a good compromise. shadow's allowed to let go of his past, to no longer live up to the expectations of others. he's not just fulfilling a role, he's not just doing what he was always originally intended to do- he's carving out his own path and his own identity but he's still able to keep maria's promise, just on a smaller scale. he helps the chaotix with smaller level cases, helps keep people smiling and happy, becomes a hero to the little people.

the chaotix could definitely help him loosen up and learn to create his own identity without worrying about other people's perception. shadow fufills his promise without compromising the idea of giving him a life separate to the one gerald and gun intended for him. he's not a weapon or a cure or a saviour or whatever. he can just be shadow.

feel like ive gotta get some people in on the abarat hype-train, it has 21 non-crossover fanfics total on ao3, clive barker did not personally paint 500 character and place designs for his own currently 1200 page+ fantasy series to not have more respect

the answer is yeah winston probably deserved all that but not everyone else

If you use apple and shit on android users just know that im so sorry you can't find validation and recognition from your peers unless you can buy a status symbol brand 😔 this isn't to say that one brand is superior to another its more like "what defines you outside of it?". this goes for name brand clothing and anything else that you couldn't see value in without the little logo, too

if you are malleable enough to be told what you should like and value by people trying to sell you the answer then maybe it wouldn't hurt to look for an answer that isn't bought

a bit sad because i interviewed for a job today, and it just really did not feel like it would be a good fit for me, so even if they were to offer it to me, i think i'll have to turn it down

apparently it'll be the summer of doing things

the further into trimax i get the more stampede just falls... totally flat for me lol. tristamps placement of events is just odd and makes the characters come off entirely different and it does a huge disservice to the story overall. it focuses too much on all the wrong parts of the characters while leaving out important aspects that the whole story is built on.

eurgh. idk. theres just so much about stampede that leaves much to be desired. i wish it wasnt so rushed feeling. i wish they were doing a proper trimax adaption rather than retelling. i wish it didnt shuffle around events. the claims that its "more like" trimax than the 90s anime are so far total BS. (both animes are inaccurate and only take pieces from the manga but the 98 anime is... more 1:1 actually)

I'm still working my way through trimax (5 volumes left) but i kinda dont care if stampede gets more or not ngl lol

(also dont try to like "convince me" that stampede is good or argue w/ me or whatever i do not care. i dont care! im saying my opinions on my blog its untagged and you can just mind your own damn business its as easy as clicking away try it sometime)

I'm having fun going through the Loremaster's Archive and saw this regarding polyamory in Tamriel (at least in the second era) according to a priestess of Dibella.

“Ah, but the Passion Dancer bids us remember that quality of love is of the essence, not quantity. If the dance transports us, what matter the number of dancers?

However, in regards to Nords:

"Though a War-Wife might be married to a Shield-Brother, or even to a non-warrior, such relationships were (mostly) monogamous."