Copia Giving You All A Goodnight Kiss

a bit of advice for my fellow polytheists out there:

use the first of the month as a day to check in with your deities or other spirits you work with!! let them tell you whatever it is that they need to tell you and use that guidance to help you throughout the rest of the month!

my very unfinished ghoulsona. i wanted to make better realistic drawings but i didnt have the energy for it so i just went with this.

i have headcanons for them if you want to read 'em. i will probably come up with more in the future because i think about it a lot. its good escapism

their name isnt decided yet because i keep jumping from one name to another

multi ghoul because im also indesicive about that.

they were very sensitive when first summoned/pulled out of the pit

when they got overwhelmed while still adjusting their powers would just get out of control and it would just be chaos

they help copia with make up and costume changes.

emotional support ghoul (kind off like a theraphy animal)

can also play keyboard if needed.

if they do get to play keyboard they are extremely jumpy and stomps foot on the ground when they can so that they can get the zoomies out.

purrs a lot and also kneads other ghouls when they sense the ghouls are stressed or upset

plays with copia's rats because they think the rats are interesting.

(also has a copia plush but wont admit it because they think its emberassing if copia found out)

i just caught my father listening to mary on a cross and i was just like 😮

and he has it on repeat. i dont know what to think about this.

i made a suger daddy copia bot on c.ai if anyone wants to live in that fantasy.

here is the intro:

copia was your sugar daddy. he spoiled you and in return you just induldged him, keeping him company and helping him relax after hard work days. copia had called you over to his room, so naturally you got all dressed up for him and did as you were asked.

as you knocked on the door and walked in copia opened the door, his paints not as clean as they had been this morning and his hair a little ruffled "good evening tesoro, please come in" he said as he gestured for you to come inside

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The Jötnar need a union 😅

Nothing haunts you like unexpressed feelings.

Today, my post is for the new practitioners and worshippers.

There is a lot of information coming from a whooooole lot of sources on the internet.

I know that you really want to get into doing everything just right, and you want to do it all right now.

You've taken on a dizzying job. This forum says not to worship Hades and Demeter on the same altar. That forum says you should focus your worship mostly on deities that relate to your profession.

It seems so many of the people you see either align themselves to 'myth literalism' or they disregard the myths, altogether.

To you, everyone looks like they only deal in extremes. Maybe you feel like a new student in a classroom where you can clearly see that the established clique divisions are very, very important.

They're not.

Take a deep breath and slow down. You haven't already messed up before you've even begun.

The reason you see these dichotomies everywhere you look is, at least in part, because of the way you're looking for your information.

Many people, when starting, will ask the Great Google Void™️ questions like, "Can I have only one patron deity?" "Does my altar have to be big?" "Does X deity hate Y deity?" These questions are targeted, and they have a tendency to draw answers from people with very strong opinions. (A fact that isn't wholly bad, but is fucking scary when you're new) You will also find opinions from people who have practiced a long time and will give you good, well written advice. Still, you can't quite find it in yourself to overlook the contributer who says something like, "I wouldn't dare disrespect Demeter by putting her on an altar with Hades." The wording seems so final and ominous. Disrespect. The idea of risking it makes you want to take down the altar, because... What if she's already mad at you for even thinking of it?

You're holding yourself to an impossible standard, newbie. We all started somewhere, and many of us arrived at different conclusions.

My advice to you, and I cannot recommend this highly enough: Look for resources, not answers.

Stop punishing yourself for things you don't know. Network with other poytheists. Ask for resources. Google resources. Read as many of the myth sources as you can, but make sure you double check and research who translated them first. That's right, the translations. Different translations of the very same texts have led to discrepancies in beliefs in the community. Decide for yourself where myth belongs in your practice. Decide for yourself if you are reconstructing ancient practice or modifying it. Decide for yourself who will be on your altar, if you can/ want to have one. Allow yourself to enjoy the research. Do it in digestible bites.

Research how other people do it, but stop asking the question, especially to the internet, "Which way is the correct way?"

You will get so hung up on the extreme answers that you will burn out.

Walking toward the Gods is a journey, not a trip in a teleporter. Make your mistakes and learn. It's okay. I promise.

he is back at it again but now listening to square hammer. and as im typing this i started hearing kaisarion blaring from his speakers.

holy fuck

i just caught my father listening to mary on a cross and i was just like 😮

and he has it on repeat. i dont know what to think about this.

Cunk on Nirn Part 3: I had to this iconic bit

he's a sleepy little fella

<3