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You blink languidly, and all you see is light. When you fell asleep, that information evades your mind. All you see is light and whiteness, and you don’t know where you are, or what you’re supposed to do. You remember a long dream, fields of daffodils and dewy meadows, and a voice deep and haunting like a nightmare.
The Deity of Dreams has awoken.
It's the year 2524, and you're a defeated God/Goddess/Deity in a place and time where your kind is rarely needed anymore. After being locked away and thought to be dead for nearly a millennia, you wake up.
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Customize your God/Goddess/Deity of dreams.
Retrieve (or not) your now metaphorical throne, stolen by your killer, the God of War and Discord.
Explore and survive in a futuristic and very posthuman world. A world so much different from the one you were pried from.
Blend among mortals, pretend to be one of them— whether you embrace that side of you or not is up to you.
Get your power back after a thousand years of slumber.
Romance or befriend a cast of six characters.
Poly options: Dawn/Bruno, Eris/Dawn, A/Seth, Bruno/Seth.
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Dawn (she/her) • THE REBEL
A rebel and a hacker. Possibly the sole reason you’re awake today, too. She hates deities but seems desperate to get rid of the God of War, even if that involves working with you.
Bruno Lee (he/him) • THE HISTORIAN
Bruno may call himself a historian, a curious old soul in search of unveiling the secrets of the past. But given the fact that he's the only other being locked away with you, there must be more to him.
Vex (they/them) • THE CYBORG
Vex—who also goes by V—is a law enforcer who seems to be more metal than flesh. They represent the crude reality that time has moved on without you. Though V claims they're loyal to their God of War, they've been roped along to help their little sister Dawn.
Amara/Aiden/Asher Moonless (she/her he/him or they/them) • THE LOST ONE
Your memory fades and wavers but you remember A (how could you not). You know they're not the same person you were oh so close to so many centuries ago, but their similarities are eerily noticeable.
Estelle ‘Eris’ Lawrence (she/her) • THE CELEBRITY
Also known as The Voice, Eris is an actress, singer and model. She's every teenager’s daydream, the vivid representation of rags to riches. And, according to Dawn, a valuable ally to have by your side.
Seth (he/him) • THE GOD OF WAR
Your killer and enemy. You knew him once, or so you thought. All that your relationship with him got you was a sword through your chest.
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Spirit, like flame, like freedom, like creativeness, is opposed to any social stagnation or any lifeless tradition.
Nikolai Berdyaev, The Spirit and Reality
#philosophy#quotes#Nikolai Berdyaev#The Spirit and Reality#spirit#freedom#liberty#creativity#stagnation#tradition
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THIS COMEBACK IS PERSONAL, ITS AN APOLOGY TO MYSELF.
#self improvement#self growth#psychology#self analysis#leveling up#successmindset#successful#failure#stagnation#healing#high maintenance#thoughts#life quote#truth quotes#infj thoughts#alone with my thoughts#beauty#mental health#mental heath awareness#mentality#emotional intelligence#maturity#reality#self identity#stay determined#self love#melanin#black tumblr#black men#black stories
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The official accounts of the developers reposted my art to themselves… and this has already happened on Twitter several times. It's quite disappointing to realize that compared to Twitter, Tumblr loses in many ways. Even if you look at the dynamics of the blog, Twitter is now experiencing rapid growth, while Tumblr is experiencing some kind of incomprehensible stagnation. It’s a shame, Tumblr is so dear, but if this continues, I think Twitter will become my main platform :c
#my art#artists on tumblr#sketch#lineart#drawing#draw#digital drawing#digital art#art#artwork#twitter#tumblr#stagnation
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If Dune (the novel) is a warning against the concept of a hero, then making the Harkonnens cartoonishly evil sort of makes sense. Show that even the fight against such an evil foe can turn you into something worse.
However, this wasn't my impression when I read the book. I thought the point was that the Empire was stagnant, in desperate need for change, but its institutions weren't capable of producing that change. Only when a peripheral force (the Fremen) were pushed into the center did change finally become possible.
Well, if that was the point of Dune, then it would have made more sense if the Harkonnens weren't evil, but instead morally the same as the Atreides. Feyd could have been the best what the old system had produced, but unable to keep up with Paul, who has been taught and changed by Arrakis, outside the system.
#dune#dune novel#frank herbert's dune#stagnation#change#corrino empire#house harkonnen#house atreides#feyd-rautha rabban#feyd-rautha harkonnen#paul atreides#fremen#arrakis
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#taylor swift lyrics#mad woman#folklore#they say move on but you know i won't#taylor swift#lyrics#i#slove#stagnation#photo#black#tag later
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Time traveled in tiptoed trepidation
Unravels like a scarf
Hanging on
By its last thread
#my writing#poetry#poem#creative writing#spilled ink#poets on tumblr#writers on tumblr#writers and poets#quick write#time#caution#stagnation#time travel#self destruction#spirituality#spiritual journey#tales from a cosmic wanderer
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You have many gifts, talents and abilities that are yours
#this time#doing things#different#breaking patterns#breaking spells#stagnation#gifts#abilities#creative#juices#opportunities#possibilities#good vibes#positive vibes#spiritual#spirituality#namaste#hugs#blessings#life lessons#feel good#inspiration#positive#beautiful#love#energy#life#empowerment#the cat and raven#love it
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PROLOGUE Part 1 release!
Word count: 13k
It's time to wake up, Deity of dreams.
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#stagnation#stagnation if#if game#interactive fiction wip#interactive fiction game#interactive fiction
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The fact of spiritual stagnation should not be made the ground for judging all life's possibilities from known possibilities. On the contrary, such stagnation should prove that however rich and multifarious the past may have been, it has not exhausted a tittle of the whole possibilities. From that which has been it is impossible to infer what will be.
Lev Shestov, All Things Are Possible
#philosophy#quotes#Lev Shestov#All Things Are Possible#possibilities#possibility#stagnation#spirit#past#time
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#philosophy#quotes#Simone de Beauvoir#The Woman Destroyed#Beauvoir#tragedy#curiosity#interest#attention#stagnation#boredom#feelings
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I have read in several places your rejection of the idea of Westeros being in stasis or stagnating, but you allude to that as an explanation for ignorance in some issues in a Ned CBC (where he talks to Pycelle & learns about the genealogy book). What changed your mind? I'm kind of interested in how fan theories evolve in the absence of new content, especially with those who put more effort into them, and don't just go along with the general popular perception.
Ah, I see I mentioned it as a possibility in Eddard V.
To be honest, it was the World of Ice and Fire that really cemented my opinion on the stagnation question, because the worldbuilding in that book made it quite clear that there was real technological change going on from the First Men to the Andals to the Rhoynar. And that got me thinking about the problems with Petrarch's concept of the "Dark Ages," because there really was quite a bit of innovation during the High and Late Middle Ages.
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Where thinking is isolated without free exchange with other minds and can no longer expand, delusion may follow. Whenever ideas are compartmentalized, behind and between curtains, the process of continual alert confrontation of facts and reality is hampered. The system freezes, becomes rigid, and dies of delusion.
Joost A.M. Meerloo, a Dutch/American Doctor of Medicine and psychoanalyst. He authored “Rape of the Mind”, an analysis of brainwashing techniques and thought control in totalitarian states
#joost a m meerloo#quote#psychology#psychoanalyst#personality#character#emotion#thinking#mind#isolation#manipulation#stagnation#freedom#open mind#expansion#reality#learning#critical thinking#question#evolution
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