and I’ve read some really good stories and poems and songs.
But I feel like we’re all missing a large part of any culture, that which is the foundation for all the stories and rituals and prayers of any group of people.
We’re missing the children.
what are nursery rhymes but stories told by children? what are games but rituals performed by children?
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Red bird, red bird, Come and play Depur’s at market for the rest of the day Take a friend to hide while we all pray Then red bird, red bird, fly away
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Its a combination of tag, hide and seek, and duck duck goose
Everyone stands in a circle (holding hands or hand clapping is optional)
One child is “depur at market” who walks inside the circle and is only allowed to look at the person in front of them, as if examining the slaves being sold
Another child is Ekkreth, the red bird, and their job is to sneak around and “steal” a child out of the circle and hide them without “Depur” noticing
If “Depur” sees “Ekkreth”, then Depur must chase Ekkreth around the outside of the circle, attempting to tag Ekkreth. If Ekkreth makes it into an empty space from one of the “escaped slaves” then they’re safe, and Depur goes back to walking the circle.
If Depur tags Ekkreth before Ekkreth can make it back into the circle, Ekkreth must go into the middle of the circle where they are now “caged”
Once Ekkreth is caged, Depur goes around and finds as many escaped slaves as they can. Meanwhile, any escaped slaves can sneak up and “free” Ekkreth by tapping them on the head.
If Depur can find all the escaped slaves before Ekkreth can be freed, they win and are now Ekkreth.
If Ekkreth can free all the slaves without being caught, they win.
If Ekkreth is caught, but Depur cannot find the last slave, that slave wins, and they become Ekkreth.
would you still love me again?
Au where everything is the same, but the missing links not present in LU have been trapped in a cage by dink and are on their 100075589th game of poker and using pebbles as poker chips
The Chain finds them the one time they decide to play strip poker
I can't stop thinking abt this fic so i had to sketch
he nailed it your honor
The Renwood dynamic is immaculete
Okay okay, lore drop for these 2
He's a mercenary hired by the royal family to "protect" the prince. He's hired from a country with a strong military discipline, and so the royals thought Martyn would be loyal to them and keep the prince in check, making sure he gives up on the throne.
Martyn IS one of the best warriors BUT he's a menace and decided to backstab them for funnsies. After finding the truth about the prince Ren, he decided to train him and help him to take his rightful place as the king. Dude litterly helps Ren to build up his confidence and have a wholesome/functional relationship
Ren was sadly born as a lycan (werewolf - it's either a rare mutation or passed down genetically by the parents, but either way they are actively being exterminated). Since he is the first born prince, his condition was hidden from the society. His family made him to undergo countless operations and experiments which would "cure" him, howevere nothing worked. It just turned into pure torture which destroyed him mentally. One of the experiments mutated his genes so much, that he gained the ability to temporarily shapeshift as a different person after drinking their blood (yea superpowers). On the outside he appears as a charming and free spirited prince, who is just not interested to become a king, but he is pretty much just manipulated by his family. There were even some assassination attempts on his life (def conducted by the royals/nobles), but sadly he survived every time (dude is depresed). After these "horrible accidents" his family hired a new "special" guard to protect him. Turns out that his guard saw through his cool prince faucade and the intentions of the royal family and decided help him and work together to overthrow them.
Ps: the people made a lot of conspiracies why was the prince kept in the dark for most of his childhood/teens. And so people began to thought that he was trans. They accept his identity tho, it's better then going to kill him for being a lycan :]
The designs might change a bit in the future, but this is overall pretty much what I'm going for. Of course the otaku gets to be a samurai (I'm otaku as well •-• )
AU where Anakin sat through one too many of Obi-Wan's and Padmé's rants of how Palpatine is absolutely infuriating and doesn't let them do anything to actually advance the war effort and aid to battle-torn planets because "the Senate will never vote favourably on that" or "this is the will of the Senate" or "i cant see the Senate allowing you to speak on this", and how he never even brings these proposals to the floor unless he's diplomatically forced.
So, when it comes time for Sidious to turn Anakin to the dark side and establish his empire, it goes kinda like this:
Palpatine: you cant trust the order, anakin
Anakin:makes sense
Palpatine: the Senate is compromised
Anakin: i know
Palpatine: the Republic should be ruled by a person with a strong will, capable of bringing peace and justice to it!
Anakin's totalitarian ass: Agreed!!!!!
Palpatine: and with your help, I can be that person!
Anakin:..... no offense, ily man, but you're kinda useless
Palpatine:... What
Anakin: its okay! You just dont have the strong woll that it takes, but i know who has, i'll be right back!
Palpatine: WTF, NO, DONT RUIN MY COUP *pulls out red lightsaber*
Anakin: oh shit *levitates a paper weight and knocks palpatine out with it*
Anakin: ... guess i found the sith master
Anakin:... Now, what to do with this conveniently planned coup....
*five minutes later*
Anakin: so, as the most competent people and the best diplomats i know, how would you two like to flip a coin for who gets to rule the galaxy?
Obi-wan, dragged from the council chambers by the arm:....
Padmé, pregnant and woken up by Anakin dragging Obi-wan to her apartment:....
Anakin: or you guys can share the power, would u like that? I like that idea, i think
Anyways, Palpatine was all talk no action and i think Anakin's diplomat family unit would have clocked that and ranted about it if he didnt look like a maniac out to beat you every time someone mentioned that the Chancellor might be wrong abt smt.
im not even into bsd anymore but i found this old drawing LMAO
A new champion takes the stage,
A celestial wonder we shall now engage.
We ponder what it may be,
Another cosmic body to join our gle—
what the fuck