Samuel Thompson

“ Humans are not telepathic, it is common knowledge.” the Vulcan scientist thought to themselves. “ They are an adventurous species though.”

Which is why the Vulcan was curious why they were denied exploration to the deepest parts of Earth’s oceans,no submarine or crew. There was still so much unknown about that part of the planet. Curious.

Humans are not telepathic but when the Vulcan began to protest the scientific necessity to explore every human in the room spoke simply but firmly at once “ We don’t go that deep in the ocean.”

" I was born

because you were starving "

- Ocean Vuong, Dear Rose

as a person with hyperfixation on both Brad Pitt and Edward Norton, I really love crossovers with their characters from different movies. such as David Mills/Aaron Stampler, Rusty Ryan/'Worm' Murphy, and so on. it's not necessarily ships, just their dynamic would be very interesting to me, I LOVE arts with this content (I haven't seen any fics with similar crossovers, but if you've seen something like that, please send me a link 🙏)

So in rough order of appearance we have supreme Moonshadow form (which lets you be invisible ordinarily during the Full Moon, with exceptions for Kim’Dael), Sunfire form (one of two, Heat being mode that makes you impervious to fire, with another Light being mode supposedly for healing mentioned in Callum’s Spellbook), and Terry’s Earthblood elf form. A few notes:

It’s unclear if a rock/earth focused Earthblood form over plant-based magic would look different

What Light being mode for Sunfire elves looks like is unknown, although we will likely see it in a future season

We’ve seen no Ocean magic, so an Ocean form is unknown

Despite seeing Ibis as a very powerful Sky mage and Nyx as a more chill variant, we have never seen what the ‘ultimate’ Sky form would be (if they have one).

Sir Sparklepuff has similar cracks around his eyes and fingers as we see in other ‘forms’. Even in the one time we see Aaravos post-Fall using his full powers (presumably) / making his chest piece wholly glow, there are no cracks the way we see in Sunfire or Earthblood forms.

Which is a very roundabout way of saying I am very hopeful and excited to see in particular what an ultimate Sky form could look like / that when we do see it, it’ll be Callum displaying it! And also that whatever an ultimate Star form would be would probably be terrifying and god-like - unless it’s just creating life like Sir Sparklepuff, in which case he’s Babie.

Please watch and enjoy this video regardless of whether you like/engage with cowboy iconography at all bc it's got something for everyone.

Also addresses uncomfortable truths about race and colonialism in the wild west mythos in a context that made my brain do a little lightbulb pop to like... the ways in which care jobs, professional cleaning, fast food, retail, and call center work fill a similar niche today, in the sense that many PoC find employment there for the same reason many LGBTQ+ people do and both groups experience a gooey mix of (relative) opportunity and blatant exploitation therein.

While I'm not the biggest fan of using ToX as a source for canon, I'm still loving the idea that each type of magic is associated with a certain value (those values being Liberty, Justice, Glory, Mastery, Truth, and Devotion). Here are the ones included in the guidebook:

Dark Magic - Mastery

Earth Magic - Devotion

Moon Magic - Truth

Sky Magic - Liberty

Sun Magic - Glory

Now, as you might have noticed, there were two that weren't given a value: Ocean and Stars. So it's up to us to guess what they might be.

Personally, I think Ocean is associated with Truth. Per ToX, the Ocean is associated with thematic aspects such as fluidity and awareness; awareness in particular should be associated with truth-seeking behavior. It's also centered on accepting that there are things you cannot know, understand or control (truth isn't always "knowledge." As with Moon, it can be the realization of the inaccessibility of knowledge).

Stars, on the other hand, is a lot harder to pin down, mainly because there isn't really that much information we can glean about it. All we have to go off of re: its Arcanum is that is that it resonates with the beating cosmic heart within the stars, something that crosses time and space. To me this sounds a bit like realizing the illusion of separation, that we are all interconnected with the rest of existence - that there is no "us" and "them" ("we are, all of us, stardust. Held together by love for a brief moment"). That may cross over a bit into Truth, but also Devotion (such a realization may lead to compassionate dedication to others), and Liberty (freed from a singular existence), and Mastery (driven to access all there is). The only one that doesn't fit is Glory, though I'm sure some bright fans can explore that!

Anyway, those are my thoughts, lemme know what you guys think!

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Happy spring !

Lowkey got hit with burn out/ lack of motivation for a month which is why I haven’t posted much LOL

Kinda meh bout this piece since I’m still dealing with burnout ,

It may not be a slay 😭

But hey ! Is art >:D

Hope u guys enjoy !

Primal Magic- Spells

viren's 2 episode long dream was kinda the most beautiful thing i seen in television,, like ever. like the dragon prince does dreams in such a unique way but viren's? single handedly changed my opinion on his character it was so so so good

I am like. At this point I want to design car decals for tdp and lmk and have someone on etsy make ‘em for me. Slap those bad boys on the back of my car