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This little guy is so cute...we need to save him so Ghost and this little guy can have playdates in a saved Hallownest.

Who's hungry for friendship?

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If you're a creator and you needed to hear this today:

You have no idea how many people lurk on your work. No idea how many times people go back to revisit your work. How big they smile when they simply think about your work. How fast their heart beats, how excited they get when they see that you posted something.

People are shy with their feedback. Sometimes it’s because they’re simply shy. Other times it’s because they assume you already know how great and talented you are. Could be both.

My point is, even if you barely have any likes or reblogs, don’t get discouraged. You have a lot of silent fans, but they are still your fans. Keep on creating. Because there is always someone out there who will love what you have made.

A compilation of stuff I know about drawing Asian faces and Asian culture! I feel like many “How-To-Draw” tutorials often default to European faces and are not really helpful when drawing people of other races. So I thought I’d put this together in case anyone is interested! Feel free to share this guide and shoot me questions if you have any! I’m by no means an expert, I just know a few things from drawing experience and from my own cultural background. 

What is with the Dreamers' Houses?!?! Part 3.8 Lurien's Spire - Secret Room!

Onto to the secret room!

It is a very small room, making me wonder how Lurien walked into here. All three colors associated with the Watcher’s Spire are here, though the purple glow is dominant.

First things first, Lurien has his own Lore Tablets, which is very unique in the kingdom. No, seriously, he’s the only guy who has a lore tablet with no magic or science behind it. (Not to mention a private lore tablet, not a public notice.)

The only lore tablet we can read is Lurien’s last words, which I read for you in the last part. Here is it is repeated below. To quote Lurien’s last journel entry:

“Sleep beckons eternal and these words become my last. Though my gaze shall no longer fall upon this city, I will act forever in its protection. For King, for bug, for Hallownest, I head now to my rest.”

His last words tell of Lurien’s determination, dedication, and peace.

One interesting thing to note is that we only get to read Lurien’s thoughts, not the other Dreamers. We know nothing of Herrah’s thoughts, except for everything being done for Hornet. We read Monomon’s reports, but please forgive me for stating how those tanks merely report events happening like a science report, not giving us Monomon’s personal thoughts on the matter. Those come from Quirrel translating her actions to us.

I’ll be honest, this room infuriates me for one simple reason, every lore tablet and all the ‘wanderer’s’ journals lying here are clearly written by Lurien and contain his thoughts, but we are not allowed to read any of them…except for his last entry!!! The 1 Dreamer we know little about and we have an entire room with his diaries and we can’t read it!!!

Lemm would have a field day in here. Can you imagine the classified information or missing links Lurien has in here?

And don’t think “classified” and go “Oh! Pale King fanboy!” No. Look around. I can’t even find a single Hallownest crest here, much less Monarch Wings representing the Pale King.  (Except the chair. Maybe.) Take a look.

          If we move on, it is easy to notice how the lamp is out. This is the first time we’ve seen a lamp that was clearly supposed to give light, but there’s none. It’s almost as if either the bug inside the lamp died OR the Spire staff did not expect anyone to enter this room anymore.

Artist Aspidiske did a comic about that lamp, so I will let you read it. On the Last Day - Aspidiske - Hollow Knight (Video Games) [Archive of Our Own]

          Before I touch on the entrance to this secret room, allow me to remark on what’s bugging me. Lurien’s journals are just dumped on the ground.  All other journals in the Spire are at least on shelves, these are in piles. And I would like to know why as we haven’t seen Lurien being particularly organized or disorganized before.

          Now! The Entrance!

          The secret room to Lurien’s last thoughts is blocked by a statue of Lurien! Which is very weird once you stop to think about it.

          In game, you come across several statues in Hallownest. These statues tend to come in three categories: Items of worship (like the Pale King or the Radiance statue at Crystal Peak), statues of civilizations gone by (most often seen in the Queen’s Gardens), or memorials to dead people.

          And here’s Lurien with not one, but three statues to himself.

          Only one of the three statues breaks when you hit it, leading you to the secret room, which makes sense for finding secrets. But real life before Lurien went to dreaming…

It makes no sense for Lurien to have this statue when he was awake. The statue is pretty, but very unpractical for someone to use that hidden room. And this is Lurien we are talking about here. Out of the Dreamers, he is the only one who goes for both the beautiful and practical. And based on the section regarding the pillows, Lurien isn’t vain either, so he wouldn’t have a statue of himself, much less three!!!

          The statues, Lurien’s character, the dark lamp, and the journels have me thinking. What if Lurien was NOT the person who put the statue there, but rather his people put the statue up after he went into the Dreamer. Remember we already know that Weavers rearranged Herrah’s Den so it would be a shrine for her. So it is not much of a stretch to say Lurien’s people rearranged the Spire to honor Lurien after he passed into the Dreaming.

          If this is true, then the statue for Lurien is a memorial statue. It is still extermely rare as it has COLOR whereas the other statues have more stone or metal like colors. Lurien’s colored statue gaurds his last thoughts, preserving the Watcher’s last thoughts and allowing those in depersate need to read any of Lurien’s journels.

          Then this begs the question, what about the other two statues? I hereby argue that these statues are indeed of the Watcher but not Lurien. If the secret room has all of Lurien’s thoughts, with the last entry being his last thoughts, and the statue was put up after Lurien “died”, than the other two statues could have put up when the previous Watchers passed away. Yes, I agrue that those bottom two statues belong to the Watchers before Lurien.  And those statues also guard rooms with the previous Watchers’ thoughts. Yet we are prevented from accessing them lest the fans confuse those two Watchers with Lurien himself.

          If this theory is true, what does it say about Lurien? He is the third Watcher in a line. Firstly, the job of Watcher was not created for Lurien, but rather Lurien proved himself in such a way that the Pale King appointed him to the position. Secondly, Lurien is in a tradition. Did you notice how all the statues looked the same? They all have a simple blue robe and shared mask. Lurien isn’t just wearing the robes for fashion, he is honoring the Watchers who have come before him. Third, if all three Watchers are wearing such simple robes and mask,  they are hiding their individual identities. Whether it be so people of Hallownest can focus on the mask or so the Watchers’ can protect their families, I shall leave that up to the fans as there are 3 Watchers, leaving room for interpretation. Fourth, the inner character of the Watcher was always more important than the species of the Watcher.  Again, all three Watchers are wearing simple robes that hide which species they are. To this day, fans debate on what species Lurien is. Yet all along, we were looking at the wrong thing, myself included. Personal character and individual skill were the most important aspect of Lurien. And that character and skills made him the most powerful bug right under the Royal Couple.

So, what do you think? Please reblog and share your thoughts!

If you wish to read more of the Essay, click one of these links below.

Part 1.0: Herrah's Den : Here

Part 2.0: Monomon's Archives: Here

Part 3.0: Lurien's Spire: Here

Part 3.25: Lurien's Spire: Windows and Colors: Here

Part 3.5: Even More of Lurien's Spire. Here

Part 3.7: What is WRONG with Lurien's Spire?: Here

Part 3.8: Even, even More of Lurien's Spire: Secret Room (You are here)

Part 3.9 Watcher Knight Boss Room! Here

Part 4.0 What We Know We Don't Know About the Dreamers' Houses: Click Here

Link to essay on Ao3: Here

If you have thoughts you wish to share, please feel free to comment or reblog! Especially with the above observation!

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Percy Jackson & Paul Blofis Fic Recs

A list of fics with Percy Jackson and Paul Blofis's father - son relationship. Last updated 10/8/23. Enjoy!

The Shovel Talk by LaughingThalia

G | 300 words | Complete

Percy Jackson & Paul Blofis

BAMF Sally Jackson, Sally Jackson is a Queen amongst Woman, Don't Mess With Sally Jackson, She Will Mess You Up and then use your lifeless corpse to pay for schooling

Paul's been expecting the Shovel Talk from Percy for a while. He's an only child, teenaged boy, son of a Greek god whose mother's ex-husband used to abuse her so he was pretty much certain it was going to happen. The content of such talk was the surprise. Sally's a bad ass.

Sons and Fathers by the_seaworthy_muffin

G | 400 words | Complete

Percy Jackson & Paul Blofis

Family Fluff, Father-Son Relationship, Drabble

“Eleven dollars,” the cashier says, passing them their assorted snacks in a plastic bag. Paul hands over his card. Then, almost as if on an afterthought, the cashier adds: “He your son?” Paul freezes. The thing is, he wants to say yes. He wants to believe that both Percy and he think the answer is yes. But what if Poseidon smites him for daring to claim his son? The sea god is real. Paul doesn’t want to spend the rest of his life as a barnacle on the bottom of a ship.

Go ahead and cry little boy, nobody does it like you do by Pluto_Not_The_Planet

Not Rated | 600 words | Complete

Percy Jackson & Paul Blofis

BAMF Percy Jackson, Good Parent Paul Blofis, High School

"What happened?" Paul let the words hang in the air as Percy fidgeted and drooped his head down. Paul consoles Percy in the staff room after a fight. Or alternatively, Paul and Percy have a weird bonding moment.

There are worse things I could do by Phantomxlegend

G | 900 words | Complete

Percy Jackson & Paul Blofis

Paul is a good step father, he's trying his best, description of a panic attack

There are some things that Gabe did that never left Percy. Paul didn’t mean to trigger him, he didn’t know.

The best step dad by Phantomxlegend

G | 1k | Complete

Percy Jackson & Paul Blofis

Post Tartarus, Percy has a nightmare, Paul comforts Percy

Usually Annabeth or Sally is the one to comfort him. Paul had no clue what to do in this situation. Percy has a nightmare while Sally and Annabeth are out and Paul is the only one there to help comfort him, and there's no way that Paul is letting his stepson deal with this himself.

Before the Wedding Bells by liketolaugh

G | 1.3k | Complete

Percy Jackson & Paul Blofis, Percy Jackson & Sally Jackson, Sally Jackson/Paul Blofis

Reveal, Abused, Percy Jackson, Missing Scene, Family Fluff

There's one thing Percy and Sally need to clear up before she marries Paul.

having a hard time adjusting by elliemiller

T | 1.3k | Complete

Percy Jackson & Paul Blofis

Drunkenness, College, Father Figures

“Reassuring,” Paul says nervously as he approaches Percy, hovering his hands over his stepson. “Where were you? What—” He breaks off as he sniffs, and worry morphs into suspicion. “Is that alcohol?” Percy coughs. “Shit.”

Red Ink Checkmarks by liketolaugh

T | 1.5k | Complete

Percy Jackson/Paul Blofis

Past Child Abuse, Developing Relationship, Boundary Negotiation

Paul joins their family a year and a half after Smelly Gabe leaves it. Percy, to his own irritation, is still sensitive about a lot of things at that point.

Sword to the Throat by DancingInTheSliverGlow

G | 1.7k | Complete

Percy Jackson & Hermes, Percy Jackson & Paul Blofis

Misunderstandings, Good friend Hermes, Protective Paul Blofis

Percy wakes up with a start. His eyes focus, and the same face is staring down at him. The same blue eyes, the same elvish features, same skin tone- Before he knows it, Percy lunges up, grabbing Luke with one hand, uncapping riptide with the other, kicking out with a leg and twisting until Luke is pinned underneath him. Percy slashes with riptide, forwards, under Luke’s neck until- Hands appear in front of his neck, stopping the blade from touching. Golden blood emerges, staining the celestial bronze blade. Golden blood? Luke doesn’t have golden blood. Breath heaving and confused, Percy looks up at Luke’s face. The large, intrusive scar that runs down Luke’s face isn’t there. His hair isn’t blonde, it’s brown. His eyes aren’t glowing golden. The presence that Kronos emits isn’t there. It’s not Luke. But if it’s not Luke, then that means - Oh no. Oh no no no. It’s Hermes.

Imprisonment by DancingInTheSliverGlow

T | 1.9k | Complete

Percy Jackson/Annabeth Chase, Percy Jackson & Poseidon & Tyson, Percy Jackson & Sally Jackson & Paul Blofis

Domestic Fluff, Post Tartarus, Hurt/Comfort

After the Giant War, Percy's life is looking up. His relationship with Annabeth is strong as ever. Poseidon regularly invites him down to Atlantis to spend time with him and Tyson. The greeks and romans have resolved most of their issues. Grover is starting his life's calling as Lord of the Wild. Paul helps Percy get his drivers license, and Percy helps his mom paint a room for his soon to be little sister. Everything is perfect. That is, until someone abducts Percy.

Father Figures by TheProfoundSilence

G | 2.4k | Complete

Percy Jackson & Paul Blofis

Father-Son Relationship, Sick Paul Blofis, Family Bonding

In between the battles and the school life, there are the important things. Paul-Percy bonding fluff. In which Paul gets sick and Percy is awesome and Paul realizing for the first time just how lucky he is to have a step-son like Percy.

The Power of Healing by 1benzy

G | 2.5k | Complete

Percy Jackson & Paul Blofis

Family Fluff, Light Angst

Paul wants to spend a calm day with his new stepson, Percy. Percy is a demigod, and so calm days are something of a rarity. This poses a problem.

Family Matters by southslates

G | 2.7k | Complete

Paul Blofis/Sally Jackson, Thalia Grace & Percy Jackson, Percy Jackson & Sally Jackson, Paul Blofis & Percy Jackson

Family, Thalia Grace & Percy Jackson Friendship, Good Parent Paul Blofis

Paul meets Percy's electric-eyed cousin and learns absolutely nothing about the mystery that is Sally's son.

some things we can't just get away from by Astarisbroughtbacktolife

G | 2.7k | Complete

Percy Jackson & Paul Blofis

Angst and Feels, Powerful Percy Jackson, Comfort

Percy's powers are still growing, and he doesn't know what to do. Telling Paul Blofis is always a good place to start.

this home is home, and all that i need by rabbit_soup

G | 3.2k | Complete

Percy Jackson & Sally Jackson, Percy Jackson & Paul Blofis

Percy Jackson needs a hug, Sally Jackson is a good parent, hurt/comfort

The only real difference in this hallway, in this building, is Percy. He’s taller than the door’s peephole now, when he used to have to jump up on his toes to see through it. It’s small. It’s so small. It’s such a pointless detail, but Percy knows he doesn’t belong anymore. AKA: Percy goes home.

shatters like glass by orphan_account

T | 4.1k | Complete

Percy Jackson/Annabeth Chase, Sally Jackson/Paul Blofis, Percy Jackson & Paul Blofis

Post Tartarus, Angst

It was obvious that Tartarus had changed them drastically. The boy Paul had met before was, granted, more responsible and older in mind than those his age, but now?

A man named Poseidon on a Montauk beach by Deerlie_03

T | 4.8k | Complete

Sally Jackson/Paul Blofis, Percy Jackson & Paul Blofis

Family fluff, Percy Jackson needs a hug, Sally Jackson is a good parent

Paul has to become part of a small, tight-knit family. He thinks he does it quite well. An exploration of how Paul might have been thinking during some missing scenes from the books/some original scenes, and how they may have gone.

three fathers by thesleepingsiren

T | 4.9k | Complete

Percy Jackson & Paul Blofis, Percy Jackson & Poseidon

Sally Jackson is a good parent, Gabe Ugliano is a horrible parent, Poseidon is a decent parent, Paul Blofis is a good parent

Percy Jackson has had three fathers. Only one of them sticks around. Or, an exploration of three father figures in Percy's life.

only one place left I want to go by whitesunlars for thesleepingsiren

G | 5.4k | Complete

Annabeth Chase/Percy Jackson, Paul Blofis/Sally Jackson, Paul Blofis & Percy Jackson, Percy Jackson & Sally Jackson

Fluff and Angst, Hopeful Ending, the Percy and Sally reunion we were denied, Plus Percy calling Paul Dad

“We’re going home,” Percy told Chiron, Annabeth’s hand held tightly in his. It wasn’t a question, and it wasn’t a demand, it was a fact. With or without Chiron’s permission, Percy was going to be leaving the camp turned battlefield for the afternoon. The Jackson Family Reunion Fic.

All My People by lammermoorian

G | 7.2k | Complete

Percy Jackson & Paul Blofis, Sally Jackson/Paul Blofis

The reveal, technically the aftermath

Chapter 1: Their new place has rooftop access, which Percy has a hunch was a deliberate choice on his mom’s part. It’s tight, but it’s just about the right size for a Pegasus landing pad, just in case he ever needed a quick, supernatural pickup. It’s also where Paul has been for the last half hour, processing the huge revelation the two of them just dumped on him. (Between BotL/TLO, immediate post-Paul reveal). Chapter 2: Paul has been waiting for the other shoe to drop at Montauk for years. When it finally does, at Percy and Annabeth's birthday party, it does so in the best way possible. (Post-canon)

Get to Know You Better by the_seaworthy_muffin

T | 11k | Complete

Percy Jackson & Paul Blofis

Post-Tartarus, Coping, Family Bonding

If Paul may say so himself, he thinks he’s getting better at all this demigod business. Or: Percy is struggling in the aftermath of the Pit, and Paul tries to help. Hilarity, Angst, and heaps of Family Feels ensue. A (Step) father-son bonding fic.

Not By Design by inkncoffee

T | 11k | Complete

Percy Jackson & Paul Blofis

Father-Son Relationship, Recovery, Family

Being a stepfather was hard enough even when your new stepson wasn't the greatest demigod of his time. Paul's journey from that guy dating Sally to being Percy's father.

Perfectly NOT Fine: Chapter 2

BLURB:

Instead of Deepnest, the Knight went up through the City of Tears to escape. What would happen but being found and adopted by none other than the Watcher himself. But after the terrible discovery that the adopted has a twin in the White Palace, Lurien has only one desire-get HOME NOW.

SCRIPT: I have no clue how I left the Palace free, when I was shaking in my knees.

I hurried home, silently begging that my worst fears were not true. Certain members of our household would have preferred I was not so silent.

There, in all your imperfections and bedhair, you were perfectly fine. But Nothing was Perfectly Fine.

COVER:

https://www.tumblr.com/violetdawn001/738375072551682048/part-1-prologue?source=share

PREVIOUS CHAPTER:

https://www.tumblr.com/violetdawn001/739098346305781760/perfectly-not-fine-chapter-one?source=share

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https://www.tumblr.com/violetdawn001/743988423774371840/perfectly-not-fine-chapter-3?source=share

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