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hrafnhrid:

Casting Runes

Fehu: domestic cattle, wealth | possessions won
or earned, earned income, luck / abundance, financial strength in the
present or near future / sign of hope and plenty, success and
happiness / social success / energy, foresight, fertility,
creation/destruction | reversed or merkstave: loss of
personal property, esteem, or something that you put in effort to
keep / indicates some sort of failure / greed, burnout, atrophy,
discord / cowardice, stupidity, dullness, poverty, slavery,
bondage

Uruz: auroch, a wild ox | physical strength and
speed, untamed potential / time of great energy and health / freedom,
energy, action, courage, strength, tenacity, understanding, wisdom / sudden or unexpected changes (usually for the better) / sexual desire,
masculine potency / the shaping of power and pattern, formulation of
the self | reversed or merkstave: weakness, obsession,
misdirected force, domination by others / sickness, inconsistency,
ignorance / lust, brutality, rashness, callousness,
violence

Thurisaz: thorn or a Giant | reactive force,
directed force of destruction and defense, conflict. Instinctual
will, vital eroticism, regenerative catalyst / tendency toward
change / catharsis, purging, cleansing fire / male sexuality,
fertilization | reversed or merkstave: danger, defenselessness, compulsion, betrayal,
dullness / evil, malice, hatred, torment, spite, lies / a bad man or
woman

Ansuz: the As, ancestral god, i.e. Odin | a revealing message or insight, communication / signals, inspiration,
enthusiasm, speech, true vision, power of words and naming / blessings, the taking of advice / good health, harmony, truth, wisdom | reversed or merkstave: misunderstanding, delusion, manipulation
by others, boredom / vanity and grandiloquence

Raidho: wagon or chariot | travel, both in
physical terms and those of lifestyle direction | a journey, vacation,
relocation, evolution, change of place or setting / seeing a larger
perspective / seeing the right move for you to make and deciding upon
it / personal rhythm, world rhythm, dance of life | reversed or merkstave: crisis, rigidity, stasis, injustice, irrationality / disruption, dislocation, demotion, delusion, possibly a
death

Kenaz: beacon or torch | vision, revelation,
knowledge, creativity, inspiration, technical ability / vital fire of
life, harnessed power, fire of transformation and regeneration / power
to create your own reality, the power of light / open to new strength,
energy, and power now / passion, sexual love | reversed or merkstave: disease, breakup, instability, lack of creativity / nakedness, exposure, loss of illusion and false hope

Gebo: gift | gifts, both in the sense of
sacrifice and of generosity, indicating balance / all matters in
relation to exchanges, including contracts, personal relationships
and partnerships |  merkstave: greed, loneliness, dependence, over-sacrifice / obligation, toll, privation, bribery

Wunjo: joy | joy,
comfort, pleasure / fellowship, harmony, prosperity / ecstasy, glory,
spiritual reward, but also the possibility of going “over the top” / if restrained, the meaning is general success and recognition of
worth | reversed or merkstave: stultification, sorrow, strife,
alienation / delirium, intoxication, possession by higher forces,
impractical enthusiasm / raging frenzy, berzerker

Hagalaz: hail | wrath of nature, destructive,
uncontrolled forces, especially the weather, or within the
unconscious / tempering, testing, trial / controlled crisis, leading to
completion, inner harmony | merkstave: natural disaster, catastrophe / stagnation, loss of power / pain, loss, suffering, hardship, sickness,
crisis

Nauthiz: need | delays, restriction / resistance
leading to strength, innovation, need-fire (self-reliance) / distress,
confusion, conflict, and the power of will to overcome them / endurance, survival, determination /  time to exercise patience / recognition of one’s fate / major self-initiated change / face your
fears | reversed or merkstave: constraint of freedom,
distress, toil, drudgery, laxity / necessity, extremity, want,
deprivation, starvation, need, poverty, emotional hunger

Isa: ice | a challenge or frustration / psychological blocks to thought or activity, including grievances / standstill, or a time to turn inward and wait for what is to come, or
to seek clarity / reinforces runes around it | merkstave: ego-mania,
dullness, blindness, dissipation / treachery, illusion, deceit,
betrayal, guile, stealth, ambush, plots

Jera:
a year, a good harvest / the results
of earlier efforts are realized /  time of peace and happiness,
fruitful season / can break through stagnancy / hopes and
expectations of peace and prosperity / the promise of success earned / life cycle, cyclical pattern of the universe / everything changes, in
its own time | merkstave: sudden setback, reversals / a major change, repetition,
bad timing, poverty, conflict

Eihwaz: yew tree | strength, reliability,
dependability, trustworthiness / enlightenment, endurance / defense,
protection / the driving force to acquire, providing motivation and a
sense of purpose / indicates that you have set your sights on a
reasonable target and can achieve your goals / an honest man who can
be relied upon | reversed or merkstave: confusion, destruction,
dissatisfaction, weakness

Perthro: lot cup, vagina | uncertain meaning, a
secret matter, a mystery, hidden things and occult abilities.
Initiation, knowledge of one’s destiny, knowledge of future matters,
determining the future or your path / pertaining to things feminine,
feminine mysteries including female fertility etc. / good lot,
fellowship and joy / evolutionary change | reversed or merkstave: addiction, stagnation, loneliness, malaise

Algiz: elk, protection | protection, a
shield / the protective urge to shelter oneself or others / defense,
warding off of evil, shield, guardian / connection with the gods,
awakening, higher life. It can be used to channel energies
appropriately / follow your instincts / keep hold of success or
maintain a position won or earned | reversed: or merkstave: hidden danger, consumption by divine forces, loss of divine link / taboo, warning, turning away, that which repels

Sowilo: the sun | success, goals achieved, honor / the life-force, health / a time when power will be available to you
for positive changes in your life, victory, health, and success / contact between the higher self and the unconscious / holeness,
power, elemental force, sword of flame, cleansing fire | merkstave: false goals, bad counsel, false success, gullibility, loss of goals / destruction, retribution, justice, casting down of vanity / wrath of
god

Tiwaz:
Tyr, the sky god | honour, justice,
leadership and authority / analysis, rationality / knowing where one’s
true strengths lie / willingness to self-sacrifice / victory and
success in any competition or in legal matters | reversed or merkstave: one’s energy and creative flow are blocked/ mental
paralysis, over-analysis, over-sacrifice, injustice, imbalance / strife, war, conflict, failure in competition / dwindling passion,
difficulties in communication, and possibly separation

Berkano: Berchta, the birch-goddess | birth,
general fertility, both mental and physical and personal growth,
liberation / regenerative power and light of spring, renewal, promise
of new beginnings, new growth / arousal of desire / a love affair or
new birth / the prospering of an enterprise or venture | reversed or merkstave: family problems and or domestic troubles / anxiety about someone close to you / carelessness, abandon, loss of
control / blurring of consciousness, deceit, sterility,
stagnation

Ehwaz: horse, two horses | transportation / may
represent a horse, car, plane, boat or other vehicle / movement and
change for the better / gradual development and steady progress are
indicated / harmony, teamwork, trust, loyalty / an ideal marriage or
partnership / confirmation beyond doubt the meanings of the runes
around it | reversed or merkstave: not really a negative
rune / a change is perhaps craved / feeling restless or confined in a
situation / reckless haste, disharmony, mistrust, betrayal

Mannaz: man, mankind | the Self; the individual
or the human race / your attitude toward others and their attitudes
towards you / friends and enemies, social order. Intelligence,
forethought, create, skill, ability / divine structure, intelligence,
awareness / expect to receive some sort of aid or cooperation now | reversed or merkstave: depression, mortality, blindness,
self-delusion / cunning, slyness, manipulation, craftiness,
calculation / expect no help now

Laguz: water, or a leek | flow, water, sea, a
fertility source, the healing power of renewal / life energy and
organic growth / imagination and psychic matters / dreams, fantasies,
mysteries, the unknown, the hidden, the deep, the underworld / success
in travel or acquisition, but with the possibility of loss | reversed or merkstave: an indication of a period of confusion in your
life / you may be making wrong decisions and poor judgements / lack of
creativity and feelings of being in a rut / fear, circular motion,
avoidance, withering / madness, obsession, despair, perversity,
sickness, suicide

Ingwaz: Ing, the earth god | male fertility,
gestation, internal growth / common virtues, common sense, simple
strengths, family love, caring, human warmth, the home / rest stage, a
time of relief, of no anxiety / a time when all loose strings are tied
and you are free to move in a new direction / listen to yourself | merkstave: impotence, movement without change / poduction, toil,
labour, work

Dagaz: day or dawn. | breakthrough, awakening,
awareness / daylight clarity as opposed to nighttime uncertainty /
time to plan or embark upon an enterprise / the power of change
directed by your own will, transformation / hope and happiness, the ideal / security and certainty / growth and release / balance point, the place
where opposites meet | merkstave: a completion, ending, limit, coming full
circle / blindness, hopelessness

Othala: ancestral property | inherited property
or possessions, a house, a home / what is truly important to one / group order, group prosperity / lLand of birth, spiritual heritage,
experience and fundamental values / aid in spiritual and physical
journeys / source of safety, increase and abundance | reversed
or merkstave: lack of customary order, totalitarianism, slavery,
poverty, homelessness / bad karma, prejudice, clannishness,
provincialism / what a man is bound to

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quousque:

curlicuecal:

chamomile-geode:

don’t know if this is as ~deep~ as i think it is, but by all of gaston’s own personal standards of identity/values, the beast is a better man than he is: brawnier, bigger, fightier, & of course every last inch of him’s covered in hair

ohmigod, it’s true though!  the beast was basically gaston, and the ticked off fairy turned him into the purest manifestation of his toxic ideals to make him learn to be less of an ass

…..now I really wanna see the version of the movie where instead of dying, the curse passes from the beast to gaston!

except gaston doesn’t have a swag ass castle to sulk in, so he’s out running around the countryside, hiding in forests and stuff, alternately terrorizing the populace and being hunted. it’s a turnabout of his “peerless hunter” backstory– he is now both the monster and the prey.

untillllll he, idk, meets some humble woodcutter(?) that takes him in when he’s wounded or offers him shelter in a storm? and etc, etc, LIFE LESSONS, toxic masculinity slowly vanquished.  (ooh, or maybe it should be like–a flower seller or herbalist or some feminine-coded profession he would have devalued to really set up a foil.)

also the gaston-beast needs antlers.  terrifying claw-hooked sprawling antlers.  antlers for all of his decorating.

BRUH

☑ zebra please for ✉

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1) i have no idea what this prompt was originally from/for
2) @annundriel​ and @marsastronomica​ have been filling my dash with detroit: become human art and what was I supposed to do, not write about the robot murderboys????
3) does RK900 have an actual name or nah

“God fucking– could you just speak? Out loud?”

It’s Designation “Reed, Detective Gavin” asking, so RK900’s aural subroutine automatically filters the question out in favor of continued analysis of the blue fluid splashing diagonally across a store display in front of him.  The venue sells several hundred types of android hardware modifications; this particular table is devoted to synthetic genitals of varying sizes and models— some clearly zoologically-inspired, some from human mythology and popular culture.

“Hey, chips-for-brains, I’m talking to you!”

Lying beneath the table is one of the former shop assistants, a deactivated CA430 with her limbs and some internals forcibly removed and strewn about the premises. Although there is heavy damage to her chassis, RK800 #313 248 317-51 reports through their closed comm line that the CA430’s major memory banks are unharmed— albeit located in a dumpster three blocks away with the remains of a second, newer CA model.

//Multiple victims?// RK900 sends.

//Pieces of at least one more,// RK800 responds. //Tell Reed.//

RK900 sends back an audio file of a donkey braying, which is exactly what it sounds like when the man in question grabs his shoulder from behind and yells, “Hey!”

Reed attempts to wrench him around to face him. RK900 doesn’t move so much as an inch, and says, “Hello, Detective Reed,” without looking up from the display. “Spray pattern analysis indicates at least seven separate blows to the torso were sustained by the Alison CA430 model before her disarticulation. Connor has recovered her memory banks and evidence that another CA series—” RK800 is transmitting photos of the dumpster’s interior.  “– a CA560, to be specific, was involved in the incident.”

RK800’s analysis hadn’t narrowed it down that far yet. RK900 sends him //:smugness:// and a voice clip from the 900 series release, //Faster, stronger, more resilient, and equipped with new features and the latest technologies.//

RK800 sends him back the donkey bray. Rude.

“Fucking great,” Reed is saying, dropping his hand. “Listen, Arkay-whateverthefuck, I’m not hear to sit on my ass and watch you and the other plastic prick blink your little lights at each other, I’m…”

When the rest of the rant is not forthcoming, RK900 looks over his shoulder and sees Reed staring fixedly ahead. His expression is difficult to interpret even with RK900’s superior suite of somatic observation applications, though his wide eyes and open mouth seem to indicate some kind of shock.

RK900 follows his gaze to the display, with its various exotic and brightly-colored hardware.  There are certainly an abundance of options on hand, from the flesh-toned and simple to the wildly esoteric and potentially hazardous, if utilized without proper preparation. Numerous additions for vibration and self-lubrication present themselves, as well as a plethora of stretching, knotting, warming, and twisting functions.

RK900 looks back at Reed, whose face is turning a blotchy red. His stare, which is darting around the table with increasing rapidity, suddenly returns to RK900 and freezes there. His expression is beginning to resemble panic, now, and something else as yet undefined.

RK900’s eyes narrow, processing.

“Yo, Reed! Shop around on your own time,” Designation “Chen, Detective Tina” says as she carries an evidence bag past them. “Though I can personally recommend the Bad Dragon brand if you and Connor 2: the Connoring are looking for something really fun.”

“That’s not—! That’s fucking disgusting,” Reed sputter-shouts after her, apparently shaken out of whatever stupor had gripped him. “Fuck you, Chen!”

She’s laughing as she exits the store. RK900, who enjoys causing discomfort in humans in general and in this particular human whenever possible, picks up a zebra-striped box that’s unmarred by any blue vitals and holds it up to the light. “This one offers a combination of penetrating organs,” he says, scanning the packaging. “And promises half an hour for all hardware and supplementary software installation. Quite good for the price point, wouldn’t you say?”

He gives Reed a look of bland inquiry, and Reed purples before snarling, “Shut the fucking hell up,” and slamming past him.

When RK800 wanders in some minutes later, RK900 has moved on from the display and is documenting the torn wires and titanium jointing at the neck of the CA430, one dedicated process estimating the amount of torque required to pull the head free, several others devoted to analyzing instances of the color purple in humans.

//What did you say to Reed? He left extremely quickly,// RK800 sends, along with a video of an unmarked cruiser taking a corner at speed and roaring away from the scene.

//What input has led to the conclusion I said anything?//

The donkey bray makes another occurrence. RK800 raises his eyebrows.

RK900 tilts his head to the side, considering.  //When you and Designation “Anderson, Lieutenant Henry ‘Hank’” became sexual partners, what form of genitalia did you—?//

RK800 does not even let him finish the transmission before pouring a deluge of malware into the comm line and dropping out, which leaves RK900 with a persistent headache but lingering sense of satisfaction for the remainder of their work period and rest cycle.

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dubiousculturalartifact:

arqueete:

felthief:

almostfrenchrevision:

tenitchyfingers:

papatulus:

papatulus:

papatulus:

found this site that lets you like, look at all the radio stations around the world, lets you connect to them and listen in

and obviously you can flit around between all the big stations, but it’s quite fun to go to the isolated green dots

I discovered a new band thanks to a station in cyprus, and now I’m listening to ‘chillout’ music being broadcast from kazahkstan

(http://radio.garden/)

ok i found this russian station way out in remote siberia which apparently according to the website is somewhere that looks like this

i cant understand a word of what’s said during the breaks but its fun

you just tuned in to my computer by mistake

that’s when my evening went from good to great

This is weirdly soothing to know what all of these people are doing around the world at this particular moment, who’s waking up and who’s going to sleep…

why is there christmas music coming from japan

what’s funny about this website is in milwaukee it likes to suggest you listen to the milwaukee county law enforcement feed. rock out to grainy audio of crime being investigated.

someone in greenland thinks Macklemore is good music
shame on you, greenland