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Post by Mᴏᴏɴ - - on Feb 18, 2018 9:17:19 GMT -5
Bless this post. Bless this story. I love everything about this idea, and the zodiac motif is perfect.
I can't wait for this story to come to life! The graphics are so beautiful and ethereal, almost?? Love it.
Also, I'm a Sagittarius; the cat representing it is super cute. <3
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Post by » ѕнαdσω ⚔️ on Feb 18, 2018 11:42:38 GMT -5
Katanaheart - Oh, is everything ok? :'O Mᴏᴏɴ - - - Thank you so much ;-; <3 I can't wait to share the story with you!! I left out the "06" because the font doesn't apply to numbers Dx I hope that is ok!
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Post by Katanaheart on Feb 18, 2018 12:08:40 GMT -5
At the time, my cousin may have had his house broken into. I don’t any details but hopefully everything is fine. (And yay! Now to remember how to do this on mobile... :uhh: )
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Post by » ѕнαdσω ⚔️ on Feb 18, 2018 16:59:59 GMT -5
At the time, my cousin may have had his house broken into. I don’t any details but hopefully everything is fine. (And yay! Now to remember how to do this on mobile... :uhh: ) Oh goodness. I hope everything has been settled now. <3 EEEEK it looks great, kat!!
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Post by » ѕнαdσω ⚔️ on Feb 18, 2018 17:07:41 GMT -5
shadzzzzzz these graphics are just plain stunning, my god I used Virgo's sign since you said you identify more with that zodiac. :'D And thank you!! <3 I'd be happy to make you graphics for anything, you know that? ANYTHING.
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Post by » ѕнαdσω ⚔️ on Feb 18, 2018 17:22:58 GMT -5
Katanaheart - Do you think it's OK that only the solar and lunar zodiacs are included for the story? I thought about incorporating the ascendant zodiac but I thought it might get too complicated? (The idea I had for the ascendant basically was that throughout the year each zodiac would become "ascended" and have greater power/influence and they would basically be one of the main "living gods" worshiped while ascended. If you prayed to the ascendant god you would hope to receive divine favor/blessings.) Does that fit with it or do you think it's too much?
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Post by Katanaheart on Feb 18, 2018 17:31:34 GMT -5
Katanaheart - Do you think it's OK that only the solar and lunar zodiacs are included for the story? I thought about incorporating the ascendant zodiac but I thought it might get too complicated? (The idea I had for the ascendant basically was that throughout the year each zodiac would become "ascended" and have greater power/influence and they would basically be one of the main "living gods" worshiped while ascended. If you prayed to the ascendant god you would hope to receive divine favor/blessings.) Does that fit with it or do you think it's too much? It somewhat fits with it. (I think it’s fine if you only include Sun and Moon, but let me re-tell what the Rising/Ascendant does.) Let me re-explain what the Ascendant/Rising Sign means, though. An Ascendant is the mask someone wears and is the sign that might be picked up on by strangers if it happens to be stronger than the Sun Sign, or just generally shows characteristics more of that Sign than the Sun. (It also explains how someone with say a Leo Sun, isn’t very egotistical and brash, due to a possibly different Ascendant. Or a chatty Pisces being perceived as chatty due to an Ascendant Sign.) This is a certain cafe’s better wording: The Ascendant (or rising sign) is often considered the mask one wears when meeting others. Perhaps it is most aptly thought of as the automatic responses to one’s environment. The Ascendant shows our natural defenses and how we The Ascendant shows our natural defenses and how we cope with day-to-day issues. The energies of the sign and condition of the Ascendant are most overt and obvious to others. The Ascendant shows an individual’s first, natural reaction to new people and situations. What follows are general interpretations of the sign position of the Ascendant. Remember that these characteristics are modified by planets conjunct the Ascendant, planets that aspect the Ascendant, and the position of the ruling planet of the sign on the Ascendant.
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Post by » ѕнαdσω ⚔️ on Feb 18, 2018 17:40:04 GMT -5
Ah, I see. I went a little bit too far with my interpretation. x'D
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Post by Mᴏᴏɴ - - on Feb 18, 2018 18:13:47 GMT -5
» ѕнαdσω ⚔️ ;; Such gorgeous graphics, hoo boy~ Thank you so much, Shadow; I adore it. <3
Also, ironically, the first song I thought of when I originally saw this concept was "A Sky of Full of Stars" by Coldplay. Not sure if it really fits, but that's just the first thing I thought of, heh. ^u^'
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Post by Dingoleap on Feb 18, 2018 18:22:37 GMT -5
Whats this? A new Shadow story? Count me in! Your concepts are always so unique and engaging, so I’m excited to see what you have in store for us!
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Post by mintedstar/fur🦇 on Feb 18, 2018 18:23:39 GMT -5
I play with stars:
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Post by » ѕнαdσω ⚔️ on Feb 18, 2018 19:00:34 GMT -5
I'm running off to see black panther but when I get back I will reply/dump some more stuff! :'D
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Post by Dingoleap on Feb 18, 2018 19:49:16 GMT -5
Black Panther is awesome. I hope you love it as much as I did!
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Post by Katanaheart on Feb 18, 2018 20:02:15 GMT -5
Ah, I see. I went a little bit too far with my interpretation. x'D Indeed! Also it could still be useable, but as to how strong it is compared to Moon and Sun is rather mixed... It can either be as strong as them or stronger. I imagine if you were to include Ascendants/Rising, they’d be rather fickle beings in terms of associating with the mortals. The Rising Sign is also the sign that was Rising over the Eastern Horizon when one was born. So I don’t see them being too worried about the lack of Lunars around.
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Post by » ѕнαdσω ⚔️ on Feb 18, 2018 23:10:34 GMT -5
Black Panther was phenomenal. <3 Everyone has to go see it. I might be going to a second showing honestly. The cinematography was phenomenal, the cast was fantastic, and the story was A+++. I was honestly close to crying when the movie started because I knew how much this movie means to so many people. Mᴏᴏɴ - - - You are very welcome! ^^' Honestly it's been so long since I've listened to that song that I didn't even think about it! x'D So far I've been sticking with the sounds of the songs on the song list on the front page. I don't know if Coldplay would fit. Dingoleap - I am ecstatic to be showing this to y'all! The ideas just keep rolling in. And the world and story is becoming so rich and full. I love it. I've gotten a ton of inspiration from myths, lore and facts about the constellations and I'll be weaving it into the plot and characters. I've been thinking about giving a small "fun constellation lecture" before every chapter release as a sort of teaser instead of the regular kind because I am just that in love with everything I've learned. mintedstar/fur🦇 - THAT LOOKS SO COOL HOW DID YOU DO THAT?!!! :'O Katanaheart - Hmmm. Yeah I think keeping what I've got is going to work out. I can't really see a way to interweave those elements without it feeling cluttered. :/ Thank you, Kat!!
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Post by » ѕнαdσω ⚔️ on Feb 18, 2018 23:11:50 GMT -5
I think I'll drop one of my "constellation lectures" tonight and then post the prologue tomorrow? How does that sound to everyone? :'D
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Post by » ѕнαdσω ⚔️ on Feb 18, 2018 23:38:29 GMT -5
Dingoleap - By the way you need to tell me which zodiac sign is yours! :'P
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Post by » ѕнαdσω ⚔️ on Feb 18, 2018 23:38:48 GMT -5
Mᴏᴏɴ - - mintedstar/fur🦇 Katanaheart ᴛᴜᴇsᴅᴀʏ Dingoleap ѕωιƒтƒαℓcση
Origins: Traditions, Symbols and history
"Early in the history of man we find the stars all important to his welfare. No course was pursued or plan adopted without first consulting the heavenly bodies. They governed alike the policies of nations and the actions of individuals. They ruled absolutely over the destinies of the high and lowly, the rich and poor, and horoscopes became a necessity of life, and divination the highest pursuit of man.
In Sabianism, or star worship, we have, therefore, the earliest form of religion, and in astrology and the adoration of the stars the progenitors of the modern science of astronomy.
From this universal attention to the stars, there sprang up the myriad fancies and peculiar notions, the products of imagination, that peopled the sky with animals and quaint figures, and gave rise to the constellated stellar groups that have come down to us, and figure on the modern charts of the heavens.
There are many traditions that have emerged from the mists that shroud the distant past respecting the origin of the constellations, and the science of astronomy.
An early tradition affirms that the immediate descendants of Adam cultivated a knowledge of the stars, and that Seth and Enoch inscribed upon two pillars, one of brick, the other of stone, the names, meanings, secret virtues, and science of the stars, with the divisions of the zodiac.
The history of two mysterious pillars entwined with a serpent, the symbol of revolution, can be traced through all the ages, from remote antiquity until it reaches our dollar sign. ( $ )
The Chaldeans attributed their knowledge of the stars to Noah (from the bible), who became a two-faced deity, as he could look backwards and forwards. He was known as the "God of Gates," as he opened the door which God shut, and Noah and the Ark became Janus and Jana, solar and lunar deities.
It is a remarkable fact that, from the earliest times, as far as we can judge from the cuneiform inscriptions and hieroglyphics that have been deciphered, the sign for God was a star."
- "Star Lore: Myths, Legends, and Facts" by William Tyler Olcott pg. 5 - 6
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Post by Katanaheart on Feb 18, 2018 23:45:49 GMT -5
Okay! You could always use the Ascendants for someone else’s culture? One that more relies on the mask you wear, perhaps, hence the Ascendants would be more worshipped? But keeping in confines to these two is fine, as well! And ooooh, words!
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Post by » ѕнαdσω ⚔️ on Feb 19, 2018 0:15:27 GMT -5
This will probably be the longest lecture as it was tough to pick and choose what to share. o.e' Katanaheart - As much fun as it would be, I think for the stories sake I'll go the simpler route. (Though I might introduce those ideas later who knows given my crazy brain.) YES WORDS. MORE WORDS.
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Post by Katanaheart on Feb 19, 2018 0:23:50 GMT -5
This will probably be the longest lecture as it was tough to pick and choose what to share. o.e' Katanaheart - As much fun as it would be, I think for the stories sake I'll go the simpler route. (Though I might introduce those ideas later who knows given my crazy brain.) YES WORDS. MORE WORDS. That’s fine as well! WORDS!
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Post by » ѕнαdσω ⚔️ on Feb 19, 2018 0:30:50 GMT -5
Darn you, kat. Getting me all nerded out on astrology. What have you done. x'D
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Post by Katanaheart on Feb 19, 2018 0:59:20 GMT -5
Darn you, kat. Getting me all nerded out on astrology. What have you done. x'D I have done good things! (And be happy I haven’t suggested planets. Although incorporating them would be highly difficult as they depend on A LOT of previous factors and can’t exaftly stand alone at all, not even well, they can’t stand alone at all. But it is certainly interested to read about!
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Post by mintedstar/fur🦇 on Feb 19, 2018 1:14:18 GMT -5
I was playing around in paint.net today, trying to make a banner for a friend. I took a picture of a woman standing in the rain and overlayed a tree. Using some of the effects I noticed that the branches turned gold when over her face, so I cropped out everything else. Then I overlayed a layer of stars. Fun fact. I know where you got those stars you are using for our avatars. Cause I used that one for that pic. CX
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Post by Katanaheart on Feb 19, 2018 1:27:14 GMT -5
*Stares at all the avatars.*
This requires me to pay attention, doesn’t it?
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Post by mintedstar/fur🦇 on Feb 19, 2018 1:49:29 GMT -5
Yes it does. XD
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Post by » ѕнαdσω ⚔️ on Feb 19, 2018 11:47:43 GMT -5
Darn you, kat. Getting me all nerded out on astrology. What have you done. x'D I have done good things! (And be happy I haven’t suggested planets. Although incorporating them would be highly difficult as they depend on A LOT of previous factors and can’t exaftly stand alone at all, not even well, they can’t stand alone at all. But it is certainly interested to read about! <3 Honestly everything has been super interesting and it's been a struggle not to throw it all in the story. x'D I've settled for making a few references and parallels for lore and history of the zodiacs and other constellations. There will be a few scenes that are call backs to different myths throughout the world. I'm super excited! :'D
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Post by » ѕнαdσω ⚔️ on Feb 19, 2018 11:48:32 GMT -5
I was playing around in paint.net today, trying to make a banner for a friend. I took a picture of a woman standing in the rain and overlayed a tree. Using some of the effects I noticed that the branches turned gold when over her face, so I cropped out everything else. Then I overlayed a layer of stars. Fun fact. I know where you got those stars you are using for our avatars. Cause I used that one for that pic. CX Oooooh :'O Wow, that's so cool! Now I'm gonna have to try it. x'D
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Post by » ѕнαdσω ⚔️ on Feb 19, 2018 11:49:00 GMT -5
*Stares at all the avatars.* This requires me to pay attention, doesn’t it? rofl I think it's good practice.
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