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Words from a Shawol to Arohas,

I know how you’re feeling. You don’t feel like it’s real, it can’t be true, you’re reading articles and watching videos about any possible updates. But it’s true and you feel like the ground opened up to swallow you. The unthinkable has happened, and unfortunately it happened to your beloved Moonbin.

I am not too familiar with Astro or Moonbin, but my heart is with you, and I know your pain. I thought I would give you some advice on how to get through this difficult situation.

This is all meant with love.

1, try not to watch videos with clickbait titles about him. There will be, and already is a lot out there trying to capitalize on this news, only take information from reputable sources.

2, the clickbait videos never really end. They use your dear idol to get views by saying rude things or making infuriating thumbnails. Try your best to ignore it and report the video and the account.

3, don’t feel bad if you can’t bring yourself to watch any funeral footage if there is any. It will be painful to witness, and you don’t have to put yourself through that.

4, it’s okay not to want to listen to his music for a while. Take your time and be kind with yourself.

5, find a way to remember him, if you feel it’s appropriate. For me, Jonghyun’s music saved me in a hard time in my life and I plan to get a tattoo in his honor, but I have also named my cat after his last album, Poet|Artist (we call him Poe), and every new years day I listen to a special song of his to welcome the new year.

6, find fellow Arohas to talk to. They need you as much as you need them.

7, when you feel like you can handle it, find joy in the moments Moonbin left for you. Like dance practice bloopers, photos of him smiling.. remember him on the anniversary if his last day, but celebrate him on his birthday.

8, finally, reach out for help if you feel you need it. It may seem silly to mourn someone you never met, but it’s still a very real loss with very real pain.

I hope this advice can help you find a little peace. I am so sorry for your loss.

-A Shawol

Getting Back Into Your Practice

Sometimes life is shitty and your spiritual practice doesn't take priority. Thats okay. Here are some tips for how to get back into your practice once you're feeling up for it.

Cleanse and Clean Your Space This is defiantly the first think you should focus your energy on. This can take as long as needed and as intensive as you want or feel is needed. Spiritual and physically cleanse your space. Pick up items, open windows and start your cleansing method of choice.

Redo Wards and Protections Once you've cleansed its important to redo your protection. Cleanse to get rid of, protect to keep it away. Even if nothing has *hit* your protections and wards, its important to keep up to date on them being energized.

Keep Actives Low on Spoons Now that you've done the basics, stick to low spoon actives and slowly build from there. Even if you feel super energized and ready to get into it- you want to take things slow. This'll help you from losing steam..

Slowly Add Back In Your Daily Practice This is totally unique person to person, but dont expect to be back into your multi step daily routine right away. Add in each step one at a time, or slowly so you wont feel overwhelmed.

Come Up with a Ritual Youre EXCITED About You want to focus on the parts of witchcraft you love. Do something you've always wanted to try, something you always love doing, or anything that will make you excited for the working.

Pick a New Topic, Not an Older One Getting into your practice and going to an older topic might feel disheartening. Pick a new topic like astrology, plants, or an aspect of witchcraft you havent gotten too into before. Then go back to the older topic you left on.

Do Some Divination on What You Need Right Now Spend time with your spirit team, deities or ancestors and figure out what you should be focusing in on right now. Maybe you need more rest, maybe theres a ritual they want you to work on.

Remember You Dont Have To Do Magic Daily Dont put too much stress into doing something every single day. Take breaks. Youre still a witch.

I hope these helped. Remember to take things slow and dont let the pressure of getting back into it weigh you down. Magic is suppose to help not hinder.

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I must've been asleep for days And moving lips to breathe her name I opened up my eyes

I think the strangest criticism of queer ships is when people say “no, they’re best friends” or “they’re better as just friends” like bitch they are still best friends. They’re just also fucking. What’s not clicking?

NOT RUE AND HOB TRYING TO GET BINXHERA TO HAPPEN!!

I WAS SO HAPPY THEN SO SAD WHEN IT DIDN'T WORK.

KEEP TRYING RUEHOB TRY TRIPPING THEM AGAIN!

Me when something LGBTQ+ happens in the LGBTQ+ series with the LGBTQ+ characters that I watch because they are LGBTQ+ and have LGBTQ+ characters: 🤯

Unhinged conspiracy theory time!

Hear me out! Just give me a second, ok? Listen, listen!

The Magnus Archives were what happened when Jonah Magnus got clever and figured out how to end the world. What if he got caught? What if this is a universe where someone figured out/outed his body hopping bullshit?

That would explain the giant empty room where the archives should be that have nothing in them. If the, lets say government for shorthand, confiscated it all that would explain the lack of wood pulp noted by RedCanary.

It would also explain why there's a government agency tracking the formation of avatars. Every statement so far aside from that One involves the giver becoming an avatar, or at least encountering one and being compelled rather than afraid.

My theory:

The Magnus Protocol is tracking avatar formation for clues on if anyone else is figuring it out. But curiosity is a compulsion in and of itself. Freddie (yes I know that's not the spelling I'm on my phone and not looking things up) started manifesting voices about the time Jon, Martin, and Jonah died in the panopticon. So here they are. Three fully formed avatars reading out true statements. Much like how real ones refused to record in the old universe. Now they are read out by Chester, Norris, and Augustus. Chester trying to warn them, desperately, still caught up in preventing the apocalypse he feels guilty for. And inadvertently creating Curiosity. We have Norris, trying to warn them about what happens if you get caught up in it, how easy it is to just give in. How you lose yourself to the surrounding universe.

And then there's Augustus. The only one who sounds *human* in the computer. Whose voice quality doesn't change the more sucked in you get. The only one who has body hopping experience. The only one who also died in the panopticon at the end of the world, Mag 200 has no reference to his corpse being found in the rubble. And he's here to fuck shit up. Again. Because his soul is committing tax fraud *constantly*.

Lena says Gwen doesn't have what it takes to climb *this* particular ladder. Because they just ruthlessly eliminate anyone who Might be either Magnus or catching on to his realization. If Augustus can convince Gwen that Lena is Bad then he can twist her into eliminating the most immediate threat to him.

Do I know how everyone else fits in? Nope! I'm willing to believe, having met Scotsmen and IT people, that Colin is just Like That. Alice is a trans tumblrina trashposter who must be protected at all costs. Sam? I'm sorry love you're the main character and therefore doomed by the narrative.

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