List Of Mundane Things That Feel Like Ancient Human Rituals

Everyday Dæmon Things

curling up for an afternoon nap with your dæmon on your face to block the light

going for an early morning jog with your dæmon trailing behind, complaining about the early hour (or running ahead shouting encouragement)

arguing with your dæmon over ingredients in a new recipe (and they’re right, of course)

your and your best friend’s dæmons wrestling in the mud on a rainy day

your dæmon helping with chores around the house

you and your dæmon worrying over your new haircut on the way to school/work

#dads being supportive and protective of their gay son

Today, during the break, Kleytos was so tired.

Love you, little cutie baby (maybe he will kill me after seeing this).

Panserbjørne

Do they have a class system or some type of rankings?

Do they have oral traditions?

Do they have religion?

What kind of laws do they have?

How different are the roles that male and female bears play in their society?

Has there ever been a ruling queen? Or is Svalbard a patrilineal monarchy?

At what age do Panserbjørne make their sky-iron armour?

There's a palace in Svalbard, are there anymore buildings that the bears use for themselves?

to rewild your witchcraft

walk barefoot on stones in shallow streams.

talk to the wind and let it carry away your regrets.

forage for wildflowers to place on your altar, press in thrifted books, or give to loved ones —be careful when identifying

watch sunrises and sunsets. wake up before the sun. bare witness to the painted sky.

spend hours in the woods among the wild. take long long walks or sit still and watch the world.

talk to plants and listen to them. make friends.

get field guides to trees, plants, birds, etc. that are native to your area. learn which are which. bookmark pages that you recognize or want to find.

sing back to the robins. caw back to the crows.

journal by firelight and feel the flame burn your worries away.

gather snow and bring a bowl inside. talk to it and tell it your worries. your fears. let it melt, transmuting your stress and worries into healing nourishment. bring it outside and water the soil. see how things can be changed.

dance. run. move your body to sweat, if this is something you can do

collect stones from the river and try to find the best ones. keep them in your pocket. hold onto them to remember that you’re an animal.

go to a lake and float. feel the water carry you. lifting you from your stress. bring a vial and collect some for spellwork.

make a necklace out of an acorn and thread.

stand in the rain. dance in it. lay down in the grass and let it pour. let it wash fears away, transform doubt to hope. start anew.

𖤣.𖥧.𖡼.⚘

(wild winter witchcraft here)

Me: *is on the phone to a relative*

Me: *sees Pan out of the corner of my eye*

Me: don’t do it..

Pan: 👀

Me: don’t. Do. It.

Pan:........

Me:

Pan: *starts wiggling violently and making me laugh*

*when we get off the call*

Me: but was that necessary though?

Pan: absolutely.

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I’m re-reading The Amber Spyglass and I’m once again struck by how good a villain Marisa Coulter is. A terrible person but such a complex character.

In the cave, her duality is so obvious: while drugging Lyra with force and in such a cruel way, she’ll be tender, kiss a lock of her hair, sing a lullaby to her even though she’s never done it before and doesn’t even know the words, try to soothe her, use endearing terms. Afterwards torturing and tearing a bat apart in frustration over the situation - directing her anger towards a smaller creature, then sulking and anguishing about the fact that her daughter hates her and won’t forgive her for all her actions, and she knows it.

At the same time she has this twisted idea that she is keeping Lyra safe by keeping her asleep, and her intention is genuine in that aspect - she isn’t wrong. She’ll feed her and wash her and protect her while being so self-serving and ignoring Lyra’s wishes. But she is hell-bent on not letting anyone hurt her daughter again.

It’s also so heartbreaking that Lyra is calling out for literally anyone but her biological parents to save her, mostly some of her found parents, Iorek and Serafina. Even in her tormented sleep, she doesn’t accept Mrs. Coulter no matter how tender she tries to be.

Meta/Document Fic: Daemons and settling

(I don’t know, guys. This thing just happened and demanded to be written. Excerpt from a college student’s sociology paper on daemon settlement.)

(Un)settled: An analysis of atypical patterns of daemon morphic fluidity

The ‘standard’ pattern of morphic fluidity in daemons is a bell curve[1], punctuated by the long tail of settled adulthood. The brief window of infant stability, transitioning to the rapid-fire shifts of childhood peaking around age ten, before slowly dropping to a stable set of preferred shapes and ending with settlement into a final adult form by the point of legal adulthood.

There is no public conception of non-traditional settlement except as a stigma, a moral failing. Non-traditional settlement is pathologized, treated as a sign of mental illness at best, moral depravity at worst. [2] This refusal to teach or consider other settlement patterns leaves many of the most vulnerable members of society out in the cold.

In this essay, I will discuss the most common alternate settlement patterns: delayed settlement, precocious settlement, two-stage settlement, long-phase polymorphic settlement, short-phase polymorphic settlement, traumatic resettlement, and traumatic unsettling.

Delayed and precocious settlement are both recognized medical conditions, akin to disorders related to puberty and development. [3] Two-stage settlement, polymorphic settlement, and trauma-based settlement patterns meanwhile fall under the umbrella of psychiatric disorders. [4]

Delayed settlement is defined medically as any daemon settlement after the age of sixteen, but is not considered ‘serious’ unless a daemon remains unsettled past the age of majority. The oldest recorded settling was Bazhenov Vyacheslav|Emiliya at 39 years old. [5]

Precocious settlement, on the opposite end of the spectrum, is daemon settlement before age thirteen.[6] Precocious settlement is most diagnosed in boys, despite studies [7] which suggest girls are three times as likely to settle precociously than boys are. The youngest recorded settlement was Faraji Shabani|Jahaira at five years old. [8]

Two-stage settlement, also known as ‘false settling’, is defined by the DSM-5 as ‘periods of involuntary quasi-settlement, where a daemon is morphically stable for a minimum of six months’.[9] The DSM-5 definition is not without controversy – proponents of neuro-morphic theory argue that ‘quasi-settlement,’ by definition, is only applicable to daemons who retain metamorphic ability. 10]

Long-phase and short-phase polymorphic settlement are marked by limited retention of metamorphic ability. Polymorphic daemons have a set range of forms – as few as two, or as many as twenty [11] have been recorded. In contrast to unsettled daemons, polymorphs often describe their shifts as involuntary or situation-based. (e.g. a polymorph is always a yorkshire terrier at home, but shifts to a husky while at work.) [12] The division between long and short phase polymorphs is largely artificial, useful more for describing the entire population than any one individual. A polymorph who shifts more than once a month is considered a short-phase, one who shifts less often is a long-phase. [13]

Traumatic resettlement and unsettlement were, until recently, treated only as symptoms of PTSD. [14] The DSM-5 reclassified them as trauma disorders in its own right, [15] which has drawn disapproval from multiple groups.[16]…

Captain Marvel didn’t kill Thanos because it wasn’t her place.

Captain Marvel could have killed Thanos if she needed to.

Captain Marvel saved everyone’s lives when she destroyed Thanos’ ship.

Captain Marvel is not overpowered.

The entire point of a superhero, is that they are powerful enough to defeat the villain. Otherwise there’s no winning.

Captain Marvel is stronger than Thanos.

No one is stronger than the Infinity Stones. Captain Marvel is not stronger than Thanos when he’s using the Infinity Stones.

Captain Marvel is not weak.

Nobody could’ve taken a punch from the Power Stone. The impact might have even killed a regular human.

Captain Marvel is not useless. She saved everyone’s lives.

Thor, Scarlet Witch, Hulk and Dr Strange most probably could have destroyed Thanos’ ship. But they didn’t. So they needed Captain Marvel.

Captain Marvel didn’t have much screentime in Endgame because the film was a tribute to the original 6.

Captain Marvel had about the same amount of screentime as Spiderman and Black Panther. All three are the new faces of the Avengers.

Captain Marvel (film) did not have the same target audience as the other Marvel films. It was aimed at women and girls. If you’re not a woman or a girl, you have a higher chance of not liking it, because it wasn’t made to please you.

Your hate comments don’t change anything about the film or the character and probably don’t affect Brie Larson the way you want them to.

Film success is based off of money. Captain Marvel made a billion dollars. No one cares about your opinion.

If you found Carol Danvers bland, it’s probably because she doesn’t know who she is for half the film and then doesn’t have time to process what she’s been told about herself for the rest of the film.

We’ll probably see character development as Marvel progresses. Like what happens in every series ever.

I’m sorry to break it to you, but Captain Marvel WILL be in future Marvel films. If you don’t like her, don’t watch them. It’s not hard.

Captain Marvel is not arrogant. Or at least, not any more so than Iron Man and Thor. Why is it okay for them to be arrogant, but not her?

Brie Larson is one of the sweetest human beings in the world. She’s kind and thoughtful and determined to spread goodness.

Brie Larson never said she hated men. She only said she wishes women and people of colour got more opportunities, you know, because white men get more opportunities than anyone else.

The Avengers cast do not hate Brie Larson. Or, maybe they do. How can you tell? Do you personally know the actors well enough to know how they are around someone they dislike? Has anyone publicly stated that they hate her?

To those who said she should be more sexy, believe it or not, women do not exist for the pleasure of men. Her suit is practical. Brie Larson is a human being, you don’t get to treat her like anything less.

Captain Marvel is not Captain America’s replacement. They are different characters with different motivations, purposes, morals, powers, etc.

Every single Avenger would kick your ass for hating Captain Marvel. Every single Avenger would probably heartily agree that she is the most powerful Avenger, and only joke about disagreeing.

Chris Hemsworth has said that Thor is the strongest Avenger. No one called him out on it.

To those who said she should smile more, your sexism is showing.

To those who think Captain Marvel spreads the idea that stealing is okay, where was this energy for Scott Lang?

If you didn’t like the film, don’t watch it. Don’t comment on things about it, just scroll. It isn’t rocket science to ignore something you dislike. In fact, you look like a fool for choosing to write your hateful comment. You’re bringing negativity into your own life by commenting.