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i have to keep reminding myself every now and again that rb-ing is normalized here, even as someone who has been on the hellsite for a couple of years

Just looked at a blog where the header description said 'sometimes I reblog posts I like so I don't forget them'.

And I feel like that, right there, explains so much about how the site has changed in the last few months.

People now think reblogging is an unusual behaviour, rather than a default.

Tumblr newbies, please, for the love of baby Jesus, reblog the posts you like. That is the whole reason the site exists - for you to collect all your shiny fandom objects in a single space. Which you can organize to your heart's content. Or not organize at all, if that's your jam.

Our blogs are intended to be collections of posts, not collections of likes.

In Defense of Loki (Masterpost)

Last updated:

April 20th, 2020

Since Tumblr mobile is a little bitch and won’t let people navigate to custom pages, I’ve decided to convert my Ragnarok Sucks compendium to a masterpost for mobile access. So here we go.

A long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…

Wait, no. Wrong universe. Sorry.

Once upon a time, I—like so many other filmgoers—enjoyed Thor: Ragnarok. If you dig deeply enough into this here Tumblr, you may even come upon instances of me defending it or celebrating certain aspects of it. So I absolutely understand that some people prefer to view it uncritically or to take what good they can find in it and leave the rest. It was reading the vast number of meta posts others within the anti-Ragnarok community here have penned that really opened my eyes to just how offensively flawed this film is. In the past few years, I have gone from uncritically loving Ragnarok to despising the movie with every fiber of my being.

Travel anywhere within the Marvel fandom on social media—be it Tumblr, Twitter or elsewhere—and you will inevitably find incredulous people asking, “Why do Loki fans hate Ragnarok so much??” With respect to the people posing such questions, our reasons are numerous and well-documented—perhaps nowhere moreso than in this masterpost. If answers are what you truly seek, you will find them below.

To be rather blunt about it, Thor: Ragnarok was an objectively insulting and out-of-character deviation from established canon. It dropped character arcs left and right; it misrepresented itself as anti-imperialist when its messaging was mixed at best; its brand of humour was immature, bullying and albeist; and it sought to actively punish and demean one character over any other: Loki. I know how conspiratorial and ridiculous that sounds, believe me. But if you stick around until the end, you will see how and why a certain portion of the fandom has arrived at that conclusion. I promise it is not coming from nowhere. Ragnarok’s Loki was a caricature, done in bad faith—and I can prove it.

Through this collection of meta-analyses, I will attempt to illustrate how and why Thor: Ragnarok was a slap in the face to Tom Hiddleston, Loki’s longtime fans, and basically every writer and director who worked so hard to create the three-dimensional, complex antihero we came to know and love over the past decade of the MCU. One part of demonstrating this betrayal by Marvel Studios will be to explicitly detail who Loki had shown himself to be from his introduction in Thor (2011) all the way through to The Dark World. We will then be directly contrasting this Loki with that of Waititi’s Thor: Ragnarok—so as to illustrate that these are not different facets of one individual character (a claim often echoed within pro-Ragnarok circles), but rather that Waititi’s “Loki” is often in direct conflict with the version that Tom Hiddleston and Kenneth Branagh built from the ground up. Additionally, we will be looking at how Thor: Ragnarok as we know it came to exist, as well as breaking down direct quotes from Tom Hiddleston, Taika Waititi, Chris Hemsworth and more—with a special focus on the precise nature of where Loki has come from and how his experiences have shaped who he has become.

One final note: I recognise that this page can be rather abrasive to read for those who love Ragnarok. While I’ve tried to tone that down somewhat in my more recent edits of its contents, there is a reason I made the initial choice to write it in the style I did. Critics of Ragnarok are frequently accused of either wanting everything to be deadly serious all the time or of simply not understanding Waititi’s particular brand of irreverent humour. I hope the irony of my creative decision here is not lost on anyone—because it was entirely intentional.

Now without further ado, let us begin.

The Odinsons: An Asgardian Soap Opera

How Not To Talk To Your Son About Being A Tiny Blue Spoil Of War

New Brother, Who Dis?

Thanos Is A Big Purple Turd

No Rest For The Wicked

BREAKING: Odin Is Still A Jerk

What Makes Someone A Villain?

Everything Wrong With Ragnarok

Tom Hiddleston, Professional Thespian™

Chris Hemsworth, Professional Wanker™

How Taika Waititi Knowingly Sabotaged A Beloved Character

Why the “Ragnarok Shows Another Side Of Loki” Argument Is Crap

Ragnarok Is Crap, Part Deux

A+ Meta & Stuff

On Thor & Loki’s Broken Relationship and Odin’s A+ Parenting

Loki: Villain or Victim?

How Hero™/Villain™ Coding Robs Your Critical Thinking Skills

With All Due Respectful Disrespect: Taika Waititi F%#(ing Sucks

Ragnarok Stan Bingo

So much love to everyone who has contributed to these links (intentionally or otherwise, haha). You’re doing the lord’s work.

popping on here to share my fav: sad boi loki, complete with the "berry juice"

it just gives such a shakespearean tragedy vibe to his loss and honestly encapsulates how much loki truly needs people in his life, even if they don't fully understand him

There's a chance that for the reason posted in one of my previous blogs tonight that I might not sleep well and will end up scrolling.

I don't have a huge following but if any mutuals (or even if we're not mutuals!) who love Loki see this and you feel like you want to join in, could you post one of your favourite images of Tom Hiddleston's Loki? I'll start...

I've posted this one before and a few of us have this one as an icon or header, which I know it must get confusing but there's a reason so many of us picked it, it's just such a lovely look for him (even though he's in prison for 4000 years and that very much isn't lovely.) His prison clothes aren't even my favourite costume of his but I have to admit, overall it was a great look. Even though I have my definite favourite Loki era in the MCU I won't place any restrictions on this. I think I just want to look at him and try to stop my brain thinking about my kitchen.

while this is an absolutely great take on this issue, and i completely understand you frustration with the showrunners for royally screwing up our favorite character (as we probably all do on this side of the fandom), i would like to quickly remind the class of that time tom mentioned in an interview that he only had ~5% input in the series despite being an executive producer who should've had much more power (i really wish that i was able to find the picture of it that i had found as a source but i've somehow lost it in my files).

i personally cannot find it in myself to blame him for the destruction of his character because he has shown in multiple instances how much he cares about loki and his story (see his knowledge of loki in the comics as well as his understanding of norse mythology, especially compared to the rest of the cast in the thor movies alone). all of the issues that have occurred after 2013 usually can be directly connected back to the writers fundementally misunderstanding (or just not giving a fuck about) loki, or the director changing things last minute to make him look bad - as op said above about nerfing and deleting crucial scenes for his character, even since the very first movie.

as i previously said, your feelings on the matter are completely valid, and i respect your opinion. however, based on the information that i have as a fan (because we will likely never know about all of the decisions that went into this), it is unfair to be blaming tom for decisions that were originally out of his hands, or even ones that were taken away from him.

EDIT: I FOUND THE PICTURE GUYS

Any time I see someone say "Marvel knew what they were doing when they cast Tom Hiddleston" I feel a bit like...they didn't though? I think you're projecting some 4D chess grandmaster stuff onto Marvel Studios that doesn't really exist.

Tom was cast via Kenneth Branagh and yes it was PHENOMENAL casting but let's not pretend like Marvel Studios didn't spend the next near-decade and a half deleting Loki's scenes, killing him then instantly reviving him, deleting yet more of his scenes, killing him again, retconning killing him, sticking him off-screen for almost half a decade, removing yet another scene and not even compensating his fans with a DVD extra, killing him again, then suddenly remembering he's popular (again) and coming up with something to use a now-for-real-dead character as the lead but it wasn't exactly the same character (just another version of him) and now they're apparently done with him again when it's pretty obvious he'll be wheeled out of that tree at some point.

I love Loki. I love Tom's portrayal of Loki but the only people who have consistently genuinely seemed to care about the character are the fans. Because we've been given nothing but crumbs by Marvel and yet produce all this beautiful fan art, fan fic and meta. Marvel have just kinda stumbled around Loki like some perpetually confused pigeon in a hall of mirrors that keeps crashing into its own reflection shrugging "huh...what IS this? Ooh shiny!"

Knew what they were doing? More like lucked out with a very talented and charismatic actor and a dedicated fanbase that formed 2011-12 and is somehow, despite everything still here.

Sanctuary and Loki's "adoption"

I can’t believe I didn’t think of this before now, but… Odin said he found Loki in the temple in Jotunheimr. Of course that didn’t fit very well with his claim of Loki being abandoned there, buutt…

What if the Jotun had some concept like the old Christian “Sanctuary”, in which holy places were refuges where even the bitterest enemy could not touch you or force you out? (Not without risking their soul, as the lore had it.) Even when babies were abandoned to sanctuary it was specifically so they would not die, so that they would be kept safe until a home was found for them.

If that’s the case, then the explanation for Loki being there could have been totally different from what Odin claimed: he could have been put there in hopes of keeping him safe. In the midst of an attack by bitter foes like the Aesir such a move would make perfect sense, the only flaw being the assumption that the Aesir would know and respect the sanctuary.

If that was true, then the best case scenario for Odin is that he found baby Loki and just didn’t know Jotun custom enough to understand why the infant was there. It would show a woeful lack of knowledge of their enemies’ customs, but sadly it’s not very farfetched that he might be so ignorant of their culture, considering the blatant contempt many Asgardians exhibited toward frost giants.

Unfortunately it’s more likely he did know (witness the fact that he knew whose child Loki was) and simply took the child anyway.

So if the Jotun rules are anything like the old church rules - which they’d pretty well have to be just to make the sanctuary concept work - then going in the temple and taking Loki out of it was one of the vilest things Odin could do. Even on the scale of war crimes it would be, well, monstrous.

Yet we’re supposed to believe that Loki is the monster in the House of Odin?

In comics Loki is immune to Wanda's magic. Thats how powerful he is.

In MCU Val knocks him off with 1 hit.

Any time I see someone say "Marvel knew what they were doing when they cast Tom Hiddleston" I feel a bit like...they didn't though? I think you're projecting some 4D chess grandmaster stuff onto Marvel Studios that doesn't really exist.

Tom was cast via Kenneth Branagh and yes it was PHENOMENAL casting but let's not pretend like Marvel Studios didn't spend the next near-decade and a half deleting Loki's scenes, killing him then instantly reviving him, deleting yet more of his scenes, killing him again, retconning killing him, sticking him off-screen for almost half a decade, removing yet another scene and not even compensating his fans with a DVD extra, killing him again, then suddenly remembering he's popular (again) and coming up with something to use a now-for-real-dead character as the lead but it wasn't exactly the same character (just another version of him) and now they're apparently done with him again when it's pretty obvious he'll be wheeled out of that tree at some point.

I love Loki. I love Tom's portrayal of Loki but the only people who have consistently genuinely seemed to care about the character are the fans. Because we've been given nothing but crumbs by Marvel and yet produce all this beautiful fan art, fan fic and meta. Marvel have just kinda stumbled around Loki like some perpetually confused pigeon in a hall of mirrors that keeps crashing into its own reflection shrugging "huh...what IS this? Ooh shiny!"

Knew what they were doing? More like lucked out with a very talented and charismatic actor and a dedicated fanbase that formed 2011-12 and is somehow, despite everything still here.

Roses are red, that much is true, but violets are purple, not fucking blue.

LET'S TALK ABOUT LOKI'S SHOES (ACTUALLY, HIS WHOLE WARDROBE)

Production costs aside, clothes tell the audience about how characters think of themselves.

Loki's shoes in the S2 finale raised a lot eyebrows, but I find them quite fitting: they are comfortable, practical, and most importantly, they are humble. The camera brings this to our attention to communicate his evolution in character.

Loki has always dressed well, often times ostentatiously. Whether he is at war, passing as a Midgardian, or held captive as an Asgardian prisoner, Loki communicates his social class and sense of superiority through clothing. For him, clothing armors his fragile sense of self and against others' opinions of him. He intends to be perceived as deadly charming but ultimately unapproachable.

His attire in the first Thor movie is roughly equal parts green and gold, signifying his royal status. His style is dressed down for his brother's misadventures in Jotenheim, yet overall both silhouettes are lofty, princely, but not hardened or threatening.

In Avengers, Loki's look has more black and leather, with exaggerated emphasis on his shoulders meant to intimidate as he assumes the role of villain. The silhouette is very hard, heavy, and edgy. Gold detailing is prevalent as well. Combined with the goat's helm, this is Loki's most pretentious outfit, which speaks to an undercurrent of low self-esteem and a compulsive need to impress. There's no mistaking he is the main antagonist of the story.

In Thor 2, Loki's attire is similar to Avengers but the overcoat is exchanged for a less bulky version (perhaps conveying he is less guarded now that the effects of the Mind Stone are no longer influencing him). Loki's role likewise pivots from the harsh lines of a villain to the more flexible edges of a reluctant villain-turned-ally. This aligns with his character arc when he protects both Jane and Thor, seemingly sacrificing himself.

In Thor 3, Loki's silhouette is streamlined even further. The overcoat is done away with in favor of what appears to be a leather doublet, pauldrons, and vambraces. Gold accents are minimal. While stylish, Loki's attire is more practical than showy, and his helm serves the dual purpose of protection as well as weaponry. At this point in his arc, Loki has become a full antihero, joining his brother's side in rescuing as many Asgardians as possible, and eventually dying in a vain bid to protect Thor from Thanos.

The TVA does something very fun and interesting in taking away Loki's ability to dress himself. Since Loki cannot use his magic in the TVA, he is forced to wear the same clothing as his captor/advocate, who eventually becomes his best friend and peer.

Perhaps, on a subconscious level, this helped Loki to feel included. We know by his pwn admission that Loki fears being alone and desperately craves a sense of belonging. At the same time, he intentionally dresses to put people at a distance, thereby protecting himself from potential rejection at the cost of isolating himself further.

When Mobius gives him that TVA jacket for the first time, Loki seems uncharacteristically pleased. It is not an attractive jacket by any means, yet he neither scoffs at it nor refuses to wear it. Instead, Loki puts it on and is content when Mobius says it looks "smart" on him. He continues to dress like Mobius and, indeed, mimic some of his mannerisms such as placing his hands on his hips. Without clothing meant to push people away, Loki opens up, has more fun, and makes friends.

Loki's choice of attire as he assumes the mantle of God of Stories (and time) is fascinating. Setting aside the clear design inspiration from the comics, Loki's silhouette is soft, remarkably so. His colors are earthy hues of green, and the only bit of flare are the light gold trimming and crown. The look brings to mind the garb of sages and wise wizards rather than royalty or warriors. He's powerful yet approachable because there is humility in his bearing. And that humility springs from a well of healthy self-worth, self-love, and a deep love for others.

The shoes are not meant to be attractive. They are meant to help him ascend the throne, nothing more.

pls i need more boops

Reblog if its ok to spam you with boops

in case someone hasn't mentioned it already, a group of parrots is a pandemonium, so do with that what you will

Alternatives to “system” when choosing a collective name

There’s nothing wrong with keeping things simple and just calling yourself “The ___ System” when choosing a collective name! But some want something that represents themselves a little better. So here are some alternatives to the word system for y’all to try out! (I’ll add more if y’all have suggestions)!

General: 

- Group / Grouping

- Collective / Collection 

- Cluster

- Bunch, Bundle

- House (of) / Home (of)

- Band

- Club, Crew, Class, Clique

- Company

- Crowd 

- Party

- Ring

- Team, Unit

- Pack

- Caravan

Formal:

- Assembly

- Congregation

- Formation

- League, Division

- Sect, Sector

- Coalition 

- Convocation

- Court

Political (some of these may have negative connotations):

- Faction, Clan

- Gang, Bloc

- Squad / Squadron, Troop, Platoon, Posse, Fleet

Animals (names used for groups of animals): 

- Pod (of dolphins, whales)

- School (of fish)

- Flock (of birds)

- Murder (of crows)

- Sleuth (of bears)

- Parliament (of owls) 

- Parade (of elephants)

- Cackle (of hyenas)

- Conspiracy (of lemurs)

- Cauldron (of bats)

- Romp (of otters)

- Tower (of giraffes) 

- Flamboyance (of flamingos)

- And tons more! 

- Classification names: Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species

Other:

- Constellation (a group of stars that forms an image in the sky)

- Asterism (a group of stars that is not a constellation) 

- Tributary (a river or stream flowing into a larger river)

- Confluence (where two bodies of water meet)

- Range (a group of mountains)

- Strata (a group of volcanos)

neil gaiman? what are you doing in this tumblr post?!

glad that im not popular enough to have an evil shadow version of my blog that exists just to make contradictions on my posts

im having a flare up of back pain at school and im afraid to stand up because i know that as soon as my backpack touches my back that my vision will go black again, and a bolt of lightning will shoot up my spine again, and ill feel like im falling when im not again, and i already have a headache from the fluorescents again

and i cant go to the nurse again, because shell send me home again, and i cant get behind again, not with a history test tomorrow and a math cumulative thurday and a science quiz also on thursday

and im so fucking tired and i wish i hadnt gotten up this morning and i just want to go home and watch a movie with a heating pad on or just fall asleep forever

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It really makes me sick to see people giving money to penny weeklies when Franklin's expedition STILL has not been found 😭 There are good men out there trapped in unimaginable temperatures and literally all that's needed is a little more funding for another rescue mission yet all you guys seem to care about are your vulgar little stories...

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the franklin expedition is dead as hell

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Disgraceful thing to say but I'd expect nothing less from a M*lville fan

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Sorry for posting so much about Tom Gradgrind/James Harthouse from Hard Times lately. It turns out that I was getting arsenic poisoning from my wallpaper? Anyway I took a seaside stroll and I'm normal now. Check your walls y'all

#whyyy did i assume they were committing unlawful actions together like where did i even get that from lol #hard times isn't even that good by dickens standards tbh

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Just painted this

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RIP Napoleon... you may have been unable to conquer Alexander's Russia but you sure as hell conquered Alexander's bed

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HERITAGE POST

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How does this have less than 100k notes you could literally not avoid this post back in the 20s lol

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poets just aren't dying young in mysterious water-related incidents like they used to :/

#as useless and degenerate as i find 'the living poets' and i'm glad we're finally moving on from them #i have to agree with op in this respect

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I finally got a daguerreotype of myself ^_^ Porcelain urn for scaling

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i think i hauve consumption

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They found oil in the ground??? WTF. THIS IS LITERALLY THE WORSTTTT. FUCK MY LIFE FOR REAL THIS TIME

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I swear this website has 0 reading comprehension skills. Darwin NEVER claimed we "evolved" from apes like if one of you guys actually bothered to open his new book you'll see all his arguments are backed up by evidence. He actually makes a lot of sense

#sure there's nuance like i don't fully agree with all of it #but his general theory of natural selection seems pretty sound imo

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Of course these are the finalists lmao this website is so predictable. Anyway vote Heathcliff if you dont i'm going to assume you're a phrenologist

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It's not problematic to acknowledge the fact that Heathcliff was a brute like he literally killed dogs in case you forgot. Anyway #rochestersweep

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I love the implication here that Rochester never did anything cruel either. He literally locked his wife in the attic and lied to Jane about it 😭 like that was a pretty significant thing that happened

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And? God forbid women do anything

#why'd you have to pit two bad bitches against each other #anyway i'm not attracted to men but still went with rochester #bc in terms of living quarters thornfield hall > wuthering heights easily

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Not the Russian tsar dying immediately after hartgrind became canon

#i know dickens hasn't technically confirmed it yet but like. SOMETHING was strongly implied ok #see: my previous post #dickensposting

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LORD HELP ME. THE BODY LANGUAGE. THE WAY THEY'RE LOOKING AT EACH OTHER. AHHHHHH

#this installment!!! im-- #dickensposting #i can't fucking cope #dickens wants to KILL us he wants us DEAD....

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Hi guys sorry I haven't been posting lately it's been so difficult getting to California 💀 I'm finally here now though just need to find a pickaxe and soon I'll be digging! :-) wish me luck lol

#gold #gold rush #gold rush grind #california #adventure

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it is appalling to me how impossible it is to talk to my parents about the palestinian-israeli war. my dad is catholic irishman, and my mom is ashkenazi jewish from poland. i am an only child. we are agnostic. both sides of my family have experienced genocide.

one of my relatives in ireland once had a hatchet thrown at him for being catholic, my grandad was once fired after less than three hours on a job because they found out he is catholic. my great-grandma on my mom's side is the only known survivor of the holocaust in my family.

yet, as soon as the palestinian-israeli war started, such historical context was tossed aside in order to put "democracy" up on a pillar.

i am angry, i am sad, and i just wish that there were people out there that i could talk with who would understand me and my views.

rewatching twilight again for no fucking reason and ive come to the conclusion that i (as an aroace icon) would win twilight if i were in bella's place because im not a fucking idiot like who would be friends with the two biggest walking red flags in town, anger issues bigger than the fucking ocean like man i would totally be stupid enough to do it holy shit i need friends

GUYS GUYS GUYS THE BOTS ARE GETTING SMARTER

THEY'RE GETTING SMARTER I JUST GOT ONE THAT ACTUALLY HAD A POST

(i mean it was a p0rn post so i knew it was a bot but abyways)

THE BOTS ARE GETTING SMARTER

this is cool and all, but i want to add my perspective on knowing why you SHOULDN'T stck stones like that, ending up in me yelling at the screen "NO PEDRO, DON'T STACK THE ROCKS YOU'LL RUIN THE ECOSYSTEM, THE MICROORGANISMS, PEDRO, THINK ABOUT THE MICROORGANISMSSS"

We thought it was important to show that Joel missed her. That he’s mourning her. In his very simple way, just making a small cairn of rocks to say quietly ”I’m sorry, I blew it. I lost you”. It was important for us to show that he cared. (Craig Mazin)

HBO’s The Last of Us Podcast, Episode 3

ohh, thank you, i didn't see those before, but still, he has had so many cool designs like i can't with this man

I want to give all of the SpiderVerse designers a kiss

i love that they kept his hair the way it is in all of the concept art bc that was one of the best parts of his physical characteristics, especially in conjunction with the rest of his design it just fits so well i love it

I want to give all of the SpiderVerse designers a kiss

https://www.reddit.com/r/shiftingrealities/comments/n2jjdb/how_to_reprogram_your_subconscious_for_reality/

What’s included:

Reprogramming the subconscious:

The subconsciousness is the part of your mind that works below your consciousness. It works behind the scenes, absorbing or rejecting information based on an existing perception you have of the world around you.

The subconsciousness was programmed this way from when you were an infant to the age of 7, which was when your brain was in a theta state (hypnosis state) learning by observing everything your parents did. After the age of 7, the way you learn changes to repetition and habituation, doing something repeatedly until you're good at it.

So you've been trying to shift, but whatever you do something or the other comes up or you keep sabotaging yourself at every point? Doubts, negative thoughts, demotivation... More likely you’ve got some old programmed messages that conflict with the new conditions you want to create.

See, shifting isn't something taught to you and it contradicts a lot with what we knew to be true, but you can teach your subconsciousness that shifting is something that you can do as easily as washing the dishes or riding a bike.

You can do this by reprogramming your subconsciousness.

4 Day Approach to Reprogram Your Subconsciousness:

Mornings:

1: Wake up, and do the exercises to relax yourself and rid yourself of negative thoughts to set the tone for the day. (Check the end of this document.)

2: As you go on throughout the day, say that everything you do is actually helping you shift. For example, you're going to brush your teeth? Think to yourself, brushing my teeth is going to bring me a step closer to shifting. You're going to be productive and study for your exams? Think to yourself, doing this is actually bringing me closer to shifting.

3: Create a google doc. In the first page, write down a list of your beliefs. In the second page, write down a list of what you don't believe in. Place shifting in your list of beliefs. Read the list of beliefs out loud. Use this technique to get rid of any limiting beliefs you have about reality shifting.

4: Since the subconscious mindset can be rewritten by repetition you should write over and over again the intention as if it was already a reality, ex. "I am capable of shifting on command", this should be done on a daily basis until repetition becomes a habit.

5: Personality creates personal reality, meaning that if we can adapt ourselves to a desired outcome before it arrives our subconscious thinks of it as something that is currently happening, making it actually happen.

Nights:

1: Meditate while affirming that you believe in shifting and that shifting is real.

2: Fall asleep while listening to hypnosis videos on reprogramming the mind. (optional)

3: Layer affirmations with theta waves. (optional)

Relaxation Technique:

1: Sit in a comfortable position where you have leg room.

2: Lift up your right leg and stretch it, holding the muscles tight. Keep it that way for about 20 seconds, then relax.

3: Do the same thing next for your right leg, then your left hand and right hand. (Basically you lift up your arm, keep your hand in a tight fist, hold it for 20 seconds then release and relax)

4: Tighten your abdominal muscles for 20 seconds, relax.

5: Tighten your chest muscles, relax.

6: Same thing, but with back and neck muscles.

7: Lastly, scrunch up your face tightly but not to the point where it hurts. Then relax.

8: Do some deep breathing for a minute or two.

9: Now, tighten all the muscles of your body, legs, hands, shoulders, face, abdomen, chest. Keep it tight for a few seconds. Then close your eyes, and relax them.

10: This is the time to let go of all the tension and pressure. All the muscles are going in a deep state of relaxation. Clear your mind of all thoughts. Let your mind be completely free in a deep calm state of relaxation.

Negative Thought Removal:

1: Identify thoughts of repetitive negative nature. Bring those thoughts back to your mind. For example: "I will not be able to shift", "I'm a horrible person", "I'm good for nothing".

2: When the thought comes, clap your hands and say: "stop". And immediately go back to the state of relaxation you were in before in the relaxation exercise.

3: You'll notice the more you repeat this exercise, let the negative thoughts in, clap and then go to a state of relaxation, the more time it takes for the negative thoughts to appear again. Soon enough they won't appear at all.

Hi! Can you explain waiting rooms please? Like how to script them, what they do, etc

Hello friend!! I sure can ☺️ (long post incoming)

What is a Waiting Room?

A waiting room (or WR) is a (non-mandatory) place that you can script to shift to and it’s a sort of in between for your CR and DR. You usually shift to your WR to kind of collect your thoughts and get ready to fully enter your DR. A lot of times your WR is a simple and rather empty room that just has you in it. (It can include whatever you want I’m just giving an idea)  And a lot of people have a door in their waiting room that they can open and step into their DR “portal”

Why do people use Waiting Rooms? 

As mentioned above, WR are a space to calm down and “process” your shifting before continuing into your DR. It helps people not feel so startled by just opening their eyes and being DIRECTLY in the action of their DR. Also, for some people, visualizing a single room is a lot easier than your whole DR world.

How do you script a Waiting Room?

I mention this a lot (but I know newer shifters don’t always know this) but scripting is NOT necessary to shift. It is a helpful tool to organize your thoughts, just like methods are, but you do not 100% need one in order to shift. If you do still want to write a script for your WR, it can be whatever you want! It could be simple bullet points with description of the room, it could be a single paragraph, it could be a drawing, ANYTHING!  Whatever helps you visualize or however you like to set up your script is what you should do!

Thanks for the ask and I hope this helps!! If you have any other questions, send them my way!!! 

ʀᴇᴀʟɪᴛʏ ꜱʜɪꜰᴛɪɴɢ

𝐀 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐓𝐨 𝐒𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠

This post will be an introduction to scripting - you can also use scripting for manifesting but this post will mainly talk about scripting from a reality shifting point of view. I will start off with some general calcifications for the people who are new to reality shifting itself.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠?

“Simply put, reality shifting is the movement of your consciousness from one reality to another (...). Think of yourself not as one physical body but as one conscious being that expands over all realities. When you shift, you tune into that consciousness in another reality.” - @astra-nomy

𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐛𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬

DR (desired reality) - The reality you want to shift to. You can have as many DRs as you want.

DR self (desired reality self) - This refers to yourself in your desired reality.

CR (current reality) or OR (original reality) - It’s the reality you’re shifting from to your DRs and back. Basically, the reality you're living in right now.

WR (waiting room) - This is a reality you can make up and use as something like a lobby where you can go to before shifting to your DRs. You don’t need a waiting room but many use it to spend some time there when they want to 'escape' their CR for a bit but also don’t want to go to their DRs.

-> ꜱᴄʀɪᴘᴛɪɴɢ

In the following paragraphs I will explain what scripting is and how to do it. I will also try to give you some ideas for scripting and answer some common questions.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈𝐬 𝐒𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠?

If you want to shift realities you can write a script to define what you would like to experience in your DR - how you should look like, how you want things to play out or how you want the reality to look like etc. Whatever you script will happen in your DR.

𝐃𝐨 𝐈 𝐍𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐀 𝐒𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭?

No, not really. Scripting is completely optional and you don’t need a script to shift. As shifting mainly operates on the bases of your subconsciousness, you don’t need to script everything because your subconsciousness already knows what you want - because it's you. It's just that scripting helps most of us with visualizing certain things, organizing our thoughts and committing to our idea of what exactly we want to experience. Reading your script before attempting to shift can also make the process of shifting easier for you.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐃𝐨 𝐈 𝐍𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐓𝐨 𝐊𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐈𝐧 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈 𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐓𝐨 𝐒𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭?

Actually, you don’t need to keep anything in mind while scripting. There are no rules on how to do it and there are many different ways to script. Just find a way of scripting that you enjoy.

The format doesn’t matter. You can find yourself a cute notebook and use it for scripting or you can make a digital script.

You don’t need to care about your way of phrasing things. You don’t need to write from a specific perspective. You can write it as if you're creating a character or you can write it from your point of view. Also, you don’t need to write full sentences. You can just write ‘brown hair’ instead of ‘I have brown hair’ or you can just use an emoji that shows someone with brown hair - it really doesn't matter how you do it as long as YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU MEAN.

It is not always about writing, you can also use pictures to express what you mean. For example you can make a moodboard or create a file on your phone with pictures representing what you want. Or you can even make a presentation or a short video.

You don’t need to script every detail! The length of your script doesn’t matter! You could just write ‘I have brown hair.’ as the only thing to script and anything else in your DR would still include all the other things you want. I often see people who get anxious when they try to shift because they feel like they haven’t scripted enough - that is totally unreasonable! As I said before, your subconsciousness already knows what you want and making a script is not even necessary to begin with. So please be careful with getting obsessed with making your script ‘perfect’. If you can’t decide on something just leave it open instead of being unhappy with what you scripted- your subconsciousness will fill in all the gaps. Just make it enjoyable for yourself!

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐈 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐈𝐧 𝐌𝐲 𝐒𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭?

You can include anything you want! But I will give you some ideas on what to include but just know that they are not necessary.

ꜱʜɪꜰᴛɪɴɢ ᴀꜰꜰɪʀᴍᴀᴛɪᴏɴꜱ:

Here you can write down just normal shifting affirmations. You can also script how you shift like with a certain method or with a certain action like tapping your wrist free times and saying the name of your DR whatever.

ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴅʀ:

You can define how your DR looks like, what the living circumstances are, you can make up new stuff in your DR (especially if you're shifting to a series/movie). You can script that racism or homophobia and stuff like that doesn't exist there or just that everyone is being treated right. If your DR is based on a movie/series you can script that certain events don’t happen and you can make up new events/situationships. You can script certain scenarios you want to happen. Also, some people write down their first shifting moment - when and where they shift to and how they want it to play out. I also saw some people writing down stuff like ‘No one finds my behavior weird the first time a shift’ etc.

ꜱᴀꜰᴇ ᴡᴏʀᴅꜱ/ᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴꜱ:

A safe word in shifting is a word or action or phrase you can say when you quickly want to go back to your CR or WR! It works instantly and it can be anything you want - many use something weird that you wouldn’t say normally in your daily life but something you can easily remember (something like ‘Hakuna matata’ or ‘Back to the ghetto’ lmao). If you want, you can also script that your safe words will only work when you want it to and/or you can script that you always remember your safe words.

ᴛɪᴍᴇ ʀᴀᴛɪᴏ/ᴛɪᴍᴇ ᴇQᴜɪᴠᴀʟᴇɴᴄᴇ:

Here you define how much time passes in one reality (CR/DR) when you’re in another reality. For example, you could just script that ‘1 Week in your DR equals 30 minutes in your CR’ or that ‘1 year in your DR equals 1 hour in your CR’. Also, you can script that no time passes in your CR when you're in one of your DRs. And the same goes the other way around (how much time passes in your DRs when you’re in your CR). There are some rumors going around that a huge time difference would strain your body once you come back to your CR but that doesn’t necessarily have to be the case. You could script that everytime you shift back to your CR you’re well rested and healthy - or something like that.

ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴅʀ ꜱᴇʟꜰ:

You can list personal details (name, age, birth date etc.). You can describe how you look like, what your personality is like, what kind of powers or skills you have, what kind of background you have, your life circumstances, your housing, your family etc.

ɪᴍᴍᴜɴɪᴛʏ/ꜱᴀꜰᴇᴛʏ ᴀꜰꜰɪʀᴍᴀᴛɪᴏɴ:

Really useful is also to script a certain immunity. I know that many people want to shift to certain realities that are a bit dangerous and where you have to fight and stuff so you could script something like ‘I am immune to being attacked/hurt. I am always safe and protected. I am immortal. I am immune poison or dr*gs.’ etc. I would also advise you maybe to script that you are immune to bringing trauma from your DRs to your CR and back or that your mental health stays unaffected. Also, you could think about what you would like to happen in the case of you dying in one of your DRs. I, for example, have scripted that I always wake up in my waiting room once I die in one of my DRs. It’s pretty much up to you what safety affirmation you use and it I guess it also depends on where you're shifting to.

ᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ʀᴇʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴꜱʜɪᴘꜱ:

You can make up new characters in your DR or include people from your CR (like your best friend). You can script their appearance, personality, abilities, your connections with etc. The same goes for characters that are already in your DR, you can change them completely or you can script how you are connected to them, what kind of relationship you have with them or how you get to meet them etc.

ᴍᴇᴍᴏʀɪᴇꜱ:

It could also be interesting for you to think about how you deal with your memories. I saw someone writing down that they forget their CR memories for a certain period of time to really experience life in their DR and then get their memories back at a certain time (for example after they went through the main plot). You can also script that when you’re in your DR that your CR is a distant memory but you’re aware that you need to return to your CR. Regarding your life in your CR: You could script that the memories of your DRs are stored in a library in your Waiting Room or you can script that your DR memories are just like fainted memories (like that of dreams) in your CR - so that it doesn’t affect you too much in your daily CR life. If you have romantic/close relationships with people in your DR, I would recommend to script that you don’t feel these feelings as intense or not at all when you're in your CR (so that you don’t struggle with missing them or get ‘homesick’ in your CR). Another tip from me is that if you have a waiting room, try to shift to your WR first. There you can process the experiences of your DR and try to rest for some time and mentally prepare yourself for your CR life before shifting back to your CR - because many often struggle in their daily CR life after shifting back especially if they stayed in their DR for a long period of time - and you can avoid that if you give yourself enough time in (for example) a waiting room.

ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ:

As there is no limit to what you can script you can also include magical items (magical watch/bag etc) for your DR or stuff like ‘I don’t get my period in my DR.’ to make your life more easier there.

𝐒𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬

Again, it’s your choice on how to do it. Here I’ll just list some ideas for inspiration.

notion (it’s pretty famous in the shifting community and you can create your own templates and so on)

google docs

paper notebook

canva

pinterest (for pictures and for creating pinboards)

tumblr (I like creating moodboards like this or this )

picrew (for creating characters or scripting appearances)

artbreeder (also for creating faces and for defining your looks)

powerpoint (for making a presentations)

and many more :)

𝐒𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞

You don’t need to feel bad for what you script. It’s your choice. You can decide what you want to experience. Just keep in mind that you will really LIVE in that reality you scripted. So, don’t underestimate this and stay safe! <3

I hope this post is helpful to you guys. If you have more questions regarding scripting, I will add it to this post! - Just send me your questions. :)

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