20 - JUDGEMENT(Elpis & Pandora)"In A General Context, The Judgement Tarot Card Can Indicate That You

20 - JUDGEMENT (Elpis & Pandora) "In a general context, the Judgement Tarot card can indicate that you and/or someone you care about are being judged too harshly by others. It can also indicate that you are judging people harshly or making snap judgements yourself. Alternatively, Judgement can also be an indication that you have achieved a level of clarity and composure that allows you to calmly evaluate yourself and your choices in order to make positive decisions. You have come through your past karmic lessons with increased self-awareness and you are allowing healing to take place so you can move forward in a positive direction. If you have a big decision to make when this Major Arcana card appears, use the karmic lessons you have learnt from the past to help you make the right choice.  Judgement upright can represent a legal matter or court case being resolved. If you have acted honourably and told the truth, this matter should be resolved in your favour. If you have been dishonest, don’t expect things to go your way. You need to clear your conscience and try to make amends for your misdeeds. This Major Arcana card can also signify being separated from someone you love by an ocean or sea. You can expect to be reunited with them soon when it appears. It can also indicate homesickness." "In a general context, the Judgement Tarot card reversed can signify that you are allowing fear and self-doubt to hold you back from making the decisions necessary to move forward in a positive direction. Now is the time to take action. If you delay you may lose the opportunities available to you. Alternately, this Major Arcana card in a reversed position can be a sign that you may be refusing to learn the karmic lessons of the past. Or you may be reproaching yourself for past mistakes so much that you are unable to see the lessons to be learned from those mistakes. Judgement reversed can also be a sign that you are taking your focus off your own shortcomings by being overly critical of others or engaging in malicious gossip. This will only lead you to trouble, try to put the focus back on fixing the issues in your own life rather than judging other people for their mistakes. It can also indicate that others are being overly judgemental or critical of you or blaming you for something that wasn’t your fault. Don’t let those people influence your decisions, rise above the drama and focus on doing what you want to do. Judgement reversed can also indicate that a legal matter or court case will be resolved but in an unjust or unfair manner." - TheTarotGuide.com

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This was the sixth card in my tarot card project lineup, and just by looking at it, you can tell I was being crushed under the stress of the deadline which is a shame because I really did like the idea of it x-x

Elpis and Pandora are two ocs I made for an original Persona story idea I had, and in short, their deal is that they were created by the goddess of divine order to debate over whether humanity deserves redemption, or damnation. Shenanigans ensue and Pandora ends up winning the debate and is awarded the persona Nike, and thus proceeds to herald the events that kickstart the problems plaguing the story.

As for Elpis, being the loser of the debate, the god of divine order makes the move to destroy them, however, they are rescued at the last second by the Velvet Room and becomes the Attendant to the Wildcard who will be embarking on the journey to tackle Pandora's shenanigans. Throughout their journey, Elpis will be learning about humans and what makes them so nuanced so that when the day comes for them to face Pandora again, they will be ready.

I was thinking about why Rose Quartz/Pink Diamond is so hated.

The obvious answer is because of the horrible things she did.

But the other diamonds did horrible things too…worse things even.

Pink abandoned Spinel, which is wrong, but Spinel was planning to kill every living thing on Earth to spite the son of a person who was no longer even alive. Yet, no one talks about what a monster Spinel is.

So many Steven Universe characters have hurt people, but we forgive them and are happy to see them redeemed.

So why not Rose?

Then, it hit me: because Rose’s redemption arc is told to us in reverse.

The first time we see Rose is toward the end of her life when she is pregnant with Steven. We see her appreciation for life and how full of love she is for Greg and her future child. She’s willingly sacrificing herself to bring a new life into the world.

But then, we start learning who Rose used to be, all her mistakes, all the people she hurt.

The loving mother in Steven’s video becomes a distant memory.

For those of you who hate Rose, imagine her backstory unfolded a little differently for us.

We’re introduced to Pink Diamond: she’s spoiled, bratty, immature, irresponsible, and inconsiderate.

She throws temper tantrums when she doesn’t get her way.

Not exactly an endearing character, right?

But one day, her tantrum injure Pink Pearl, her best friend. From that day on, she keeps everything to herself. Now we see her dealing with a consequence of her bad behavior.

Then we see how she’s abused by the other diamonds. We start to sympathize with her.

We see her try to save Earth. We see her trying to do the right thing for once.

But it backfires horribly.

She spends the rest of her life trying to fix it, but she can’t.

She meets Greg. Here is where Rose has the most emotional growth as a character. She learns what is truly means to be a “real person.”

Finally, she grows such an appreciation for human life, that she decides to sacrifice her form to bring her son into the world.

The reason Rose is so much more controversial than other characters who have done problematic things is because her story is told in reverse, her redemption comes across as a fall from grace.

But there are plenty of characters who have a fall from grace who are still not as controversial as Rose. The reason why many people are less sympathetic to Rose is because we never see how Rose reacts to her mistakes. We never get much insight into how Rose feels about herself and the things she’s done. We get small hints:

For everyone who hates Rose, I get why. But I think we need to remember who she became instead of who she was.

The production value here is off the charts but this is also literally just what it feels like to play Uno.

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17 - THE STARS (Castor & Pollux)

"In a general context, The Star indicates hope for the future, inspiration and contentment. With this Major Arcana card in your Tarot spread you will find yourself feeling very positive, motivated and free. You will be feeling very serene and in tune with the universe as The Star is a card of spiritual connection. The Star is a very positive omen. It is the period of calm and stability that follows the storm that was The Tower. The Star indicates that you have come through your tough times with a renewed sense of yourself and the world around you, you are full of calm, well-balanced energy and you are open to healing the wounds of the past. Whatever mental, emotional, physical or spiritual issues you were experiencing are now behind you and you are ready to embrace what your future holds. Trust that the universe has a plan for you and trust the feeling you have that everything is going to be OK.  You will be feeling confident in yourself and people will like you for who you are with this card in your Tarot reading. The Star can also indicate creativity and artistic flair, so now would be a great time to take up an artistic hobby."

"The Star in a reversed position can indicate that you are feeling hopeless. Perhaps the difficult situations you have been through in the past have drained you of your lust for life and your faith in the universe’s plan for you. The Star reversed does not indicate that things are hopeless, only that you feel they are. You need to take responsibility for yourself and your attitude to life. You may want to consider seeking some professional counselling to help you heal the wounds of the past and leave them where they belong. The Star can signify that you have lost your confidence, your belief in yourself and your trust in your own abilities. This Major Arcana card can also be an indication of feeling anxious and overwhelmed. A change of attitude is needed to resolve this not necessarily a change of circumstances. Don’t allow yourself to continue to play the victim if you have long since left the situation in which you were victimised. The Star is telling you that it’s time to heal the past, draw a line under it and move forward. Seek support to do this if you need to. You can do anything you set your mind to, you just have to believe in yourself and focus on the positive. Start small and try to find one or two things to be grateful for in each day. A creative outlet might also be helpful to you if you are artistically inclined. Rediscover your creative side, it will help you heal."

-TheTarotGuide.com

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I don't remember when I made this one, but what I do now is that I'm hella proud about that starry sky and that hospital equipment :))

Not a fan of designs tho since, just like Nyx, I was designing them on the spot and ended up defaulting to cardigans. I had a cool idea for glowing constellation freckles, but the execution of that idea turned out quite awful x-x

Sadly, I've long since scrapped the idea of these two, but the lore of these siblings is that they're 'twins', but one of them is terminally ill and the other's life depends on the other, so lots of angst all around. I thought it fit with both the upright and inverse meaning of the Stars, plus, these two are associated with starts so it's pretty great 

Here's another thing I made for a school assignment, but unlike the tarot which were for high school, this one was a university project X)) The premise of the assignment was to make a one-page comic with no dialogue.

It's kind of Third Life SMP fanart, but not really. I guess it's more of my own twist of the end of Scott's episode 7. Basically, what happens here is that after Jimmy died, Scar and Grian accompanied Scott to his funeral and argue on whether Scott will stay in the fight against Dogwarts or not, but turns out they don't have to worry about that, because now that Jimmy's been killed in the fight, Scott's more determined than ever to avenge him.

Originally, I had the idea of colouring this after I turned in this version of the comic to my uni, but considering the way I lined it to incorporate the translucence of Scott's cloak, I don't really feel like it anymore XPP Scott's design was one made based on pictures of Elven wedding attires I found on Pinterest. Scar and Grian's (lol Grammarly wants me to correct it to 'Grain's') designs are by Pitruli on Tumblr (pitruli.tumblr.com/post/682436…) (tho I did tweak it a bit for simplification and because I wanted Grian to be an avian and Scar a vex uwu) But yeah, for what is technically my first finished comic made in the span of a week, I'm pretty proud of it ^u^

Sadly, because I don't have the drawing saved on my computer anymore, I had to save my comic from deviantart and now it's all pixelated x-x

So here's the link to the comic on Insta since it's much clearer XDD

ryomina is an impossible relationship dynamic for me to explain because how do you define the relationship between a boy who died after holding Death for so much of his life and the Death he held that now watches over him. they are hopelessly in love yes but thats too simple an explanation for a duo that simultaneously have only known each other for a month and have known each other for a decade. who are best friends and on opposing sides. who are a boy and the eldritch horror that's dogged his every step since he was a child

How do you explain that kind of relationship. They are everything to me