Another Cercopia design, this one intended to go into a more controlling, mana hungry deck that can buy some time before going all out.
Hope you like the suspend matters theme. I’m more than biased about these designs XD Thanks for reading
So that last post I reblogged, "Simple Bonding With Your New Deck," it's helpful, for sure. I have thoughts about it and want to talk about them though, so here I am.
Step 1 perhaps should be understanding why you're bonding with your deck. Personally, I am very invested in bonding with my tools because I am an animist. I think my tools have spirits or souls or just some sort of energy that can be reasoned with (as opposed to just tapped into).
But for some people, bonding might not be necessary because they work with their tools in an entirely different way. Sometimes (not for me, but I'm not talking about me here) Sometimes, tools are just tools. All the power comes from: 1. the person wielding the tool (which they may wield more skillfully/more effectively if they understand the tool, but that is not the same as bonding with it) and 2. the form of the tool. A hammer and a rock will work for putting a nail in a wall, but the hammer is a bit easier to use/better at its job because of its form.
Now on to the 1st step as directed by the post. Cleansing your deck.
Again, I think it is important to consider why you're cleansing it. Generally, it's a matter of the deck picking up energetic grime (for lack of a better phrase) from its surroundings. Or it gives you a clean slate to work off of. Or its just part of your personal routine when bringing in new tools for your practice. Just figure out your why. If you don't have a good reason that works for you, maybe you don't need to do it -shrug-
Personally, I like to ask the deck if it needs a clean. If you lean towards animism like me, that is certainly a good place to start. "Hey, you're new here and I want to help you get comfortable. Do you need/want to be cleansed?" You can even go so far to ask how it wants to be cleansed. I do all this using other divination tools.
Generally, having a chat every once in a while with your tools is a good way to bond, if you're so inclined. 10/10, highly recommend.
Steps 2-4 are all generally a part of the same step, in my opinion. Which is just: get familiar with your deck. Check it out. Look at it. Read the little booklet. Shuffle it. Get familiar with how it feels and smells and looks. Sleep with it, I guess (I don't do this, but it's fine). I actually think this is a good point to start doing little readings (which the original post puts off until the last step). Read for friends, read for yourself, offer little free readings on tumblr if you feel like it/have the spoons.
At least for me, I get most familiar with a thing when I'm actually using it. Looking at it and spending time with it are only gonna do so much. So just go ahead and use your deck once you feel inclined to. Heck, read with it straight out of the box if that feels right.
Kinda leading into the 5th step, deck interviews are... meh. They can be helpful, sure, especially if you're coming from an animist lean. I just don't really do them. I think they can be a part of just chatting with your deck. Maybe you get the deck brand new out of the box and ask it directly if it wants to be cleansed. Is that an interview, or are you just chatting with it? Interview feels too business to me, and my decks are more friends than employees. It's just a semantic line, do your interviews if you want.
The 6th and final step in that post is to start using your deck, which I think doesn't have to wait until the very end. It does bring up recording your readings in some way, which I do think can be helpful if you are trying to get better at reading. You might also notice certain trends or "personality" traits in your deck faster if you record your readings, which can certainly help you bond. I haven't exhaustively always recorded my readings (truthfully I usually don't), and it's not a big deal. It can be helpful though, and it ultimately causes you to spend more time with your deck, so it's worth at least a passing consideration.
WE MUST BRING OUR OWN LIGHT TO THE DARKNESS.
NOXTMS is an appless and au group set in a modern golden trio era. seven years have passed since the battle of hogwarts that saw not only the death of harry potter, but the defeat of lord voldemort at the hands of the surviving dumbledore’s army. seven years, where individuals grieved, grew, and moved on - their peace tentative in the way it always is and ruined when the rumors of bellatrix lestrange & her associates attempting another resurrection proved to be correct. the dark lord’s last & BEST lieutenant succeeded in returning him to life - though the return of harry potter & regulus black proved an unintended side effect. it has become obvious that nothing, not even peace, lasts. everything ends, though you cannot step into the same stream twice. the new threat has arrived, and it’s up to you to decide whether this time, all will be well.
NO ONE ELSE IS GOING TO DO IT FOR US.
I think most of us were irritated when they deconfirmed Gruulfriends
(Art by Mochaqt; check them out they’re excellent)
Timing didn’t help, having quite literally having them make out a book earlier, nor did the way it was done (we all know the Decidedly Male rant by now). A lot of us decided to just say “nah Wizards, this ain’t your call anymore” and disregard the cannon. But then Midnight Hunt threw a VERY interesting wrench into the equation
Meet Adeline. A very dope cathar who Chandra is DEFINITELY crushing on. And this opens two lanes that I’m equally interested in. One, Chandra was right in MOST of the decidedly male rant. Nissa isn’t her type; she wants that wall of muscle and unflappable confidence, someone who takes charge and crushes you whenever you hug. And that first meeting was a big horny siren of “oh no”
The other is that the next few years is going to be Chandra in a big gay panic as she continually crushes on the next cute girl then frantically convinces herself that it’s not romantic in the slightest cuz “nope, all beefcakes all the time, dudes for life, YEP”
Draco's and Hermione's fate become unexpectedly entwined as they are both captured by a powerful and ancient curse. [DM/HG] Dramione Draco/Hermione Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Artist: Ron Walotsky TCG Player Link Scryfall Link EDHREC Link
I know 200 don’t seem like a lot to y’all, but when I first started posting my fan fiction in here I barely had 100. So thank you to everyone who’s actually reading my stories, and who likes my stuff and reblog them and possibly share them with your friends💗💗💗 it’s all love over here. Speaking of love 😈
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Well, I saw the 8th episode of Magia Record Season 2 this morning and Oh, my goodness, that sure was amazing to see that Mami Tomoe and Tsuruno Yui both being saved by Iroha Tamaki, Madoka Kaname, Yachiyo Nanami, Sayaka Miki, Sana Futaba, Homura Akemi, Kyoko Sakura and Felicia Mitsuki. Sure, I knew in the previous Episode (Episode 7), Mitama Yakumo told Yachiyo and the others to Connect to Tsuruno as a way of getting to her. Things did not end up well as they had hoped, but now in the 8th episode, things got better at the end. I am so excited for the third season to be coming out since I have seen posts about it in the Madoka Magica Fan Club group on Facebook.
LIKE CALLS TO LIKE.
it has been one year since THE DARKLING’s betrayal, where he attempted to expand the shadow fold instead of destroying it with the help of the sun summoner like previously promised. though his attempts were thwarted by ALINA STARKOV, the fold still remains. the sun summoner has disappeared, and with his newfound abilities, the darkling is more hellbent on getting her back than ever before. some second army grisha went into hiding, while others flocked to the darkling’s side. the question is: do they stay with him out of fear, or out of loyalty?
NO MOURNERS, NO FUNERALS.
but the shadow fold isn’t the only thing that people have to worry about it. there are rumors of something called JURDA PAREM, a strain of the stimulate jurda, but with far stronger effects. people say it amplifies a grisha’s power beyond the likes that anyone has ever seen before. but its consequences? well, they can be DEADLY.
back in ketterdam, THE DREGS have just successfully broken MATTHIAS HELVAR out of prison. near-impossible odds lie ahead of them -- break into fjerda’s most secure military base and get the inventor of jurda parem, BO YUL-BAYUR, out. should they succeed, they stand to gain thirty million kruge.
WHICH SIDE WILL YOU CHOOSE?
UNSEAHQ is an appless discord rp set in the grishaverse universe. taking place a year after the events of the first season / book, we will continue the storyline in-game, through plot drops and events -- and with both canons and ocs !!
Day 6 - Favorite Kiss
I suck.
Theory of Love, KhaiThird - end scene kissing pecks. And I also really like their "let's start again" kiss
2Moons2, Mingkit - the one on the bed when Ming is "drunk"
History 3: Trapped, Shao Fei x Tang Yi - when Shao Fei is in the hospital and Tang Yi is in handcuffs and puts his cuffed hands around Shao Fei to pull him closer 😍 But I also love their frosting kiss
Honorary mentions:
History 3: Trapped, Jack x Zhao Zi - the kiss that Zhao Zi initiates in his kitchen and then they start walking backwards. It's so cute and sweet.
Cherry Magic, Adachi x Kurosawa - forehead kiss. I love how respectful and sweet Kurosawa was in that moment. And the kiss was just so sweet.
Fish Upon the Sky, Pi x Mork - I honestly have been wanting to talk about them forever. I love watching them kiss because it's so sweet. Like it feels like they really genuinely enjoy kissing each other but it's in such an innocent way because, instead of being driven by lust or sex drive, it's just being motivated by "I like you I like you I like you."
SaifahZon kisses - specifically the getting together one and then also the one that leads to them papapa-ing.
Tharntype in general. They're just so good at it! But for specifics, the one where Type sorta apologizes to Tharn with a ton of Sprite, the one when they are having sex for the first time, and the one where they come back from holiday with their families and they're in their new apartment together. And all their little pecks or whatever when they get gradually more and more domestic.
“Unmei no Hajimari” (Fateful Beginnings) by: Maiko Iuchi from: A Certain Magical Index
