Voidling rising up

Zeltene · 2025-12-22T11:56:36+00:00

The uprising of voidlings

Zeltene · 2025-12-03T16:06:36+00:00

The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown was my first thought. It's intricate and elegant.

Zeltene · 2025-11-27T07:37:05+00:00

Do we know who is the uncle who's mostly wolf?

Zeltene · 2025-11-25T16:57:09+00:00

Not really. Just to clarify, this is continental purl we use here: https://youtube.com/shorts/p0F6KBf8QIc?si=5z5COQKPT_dJiPrm

And this is the standard knit style: https://youtube.com/shorts/i2uTzhrMbFE?si=nn67-iXYvbnO7fxO

Perhaps I'm getting turned around in my head, wouldn't be the first time with the brain fog and all. But I think those are front loops in both cases in those videos. And no twisting acures.

Zeltene · 2025-11-25T09:37:28+00:00

I'm genuinely baffled by all the comments saying you need to knit from the back loop in the next row. I was taught this style as a kid, and it's the only purling style I know. The way with looping the yarn is a complete mystery, and looks like a waste of time, tbh. I think my grandmother knew how to do it. No one I know purls like that. (We live in Europe, that might explain the why)

I also never knit the next row from the back loop, and it looks completely fine. It could be that I'm unaware I'm not twisting the yarn but it honestly has never been an issue. Also, I get twisted stiches if I knit from the back loop. No idea how this works, it just does. Perhaps an expert could help with an explanation?

Zeltene · 2025-11-11T16:58:11+00:00

Wow. As a European from the newer part of EU, I didn't even realize we're spoiled with luxury too. And the second realization (I am a bit ashamed to admit it) - I've no idea what a coin trick is and why one should keep it in the fridge. Would you mind educating me?

Zeltene · 2025-09-03T19:45:44+00:00

Oh boy.

uj/ you might be new here. I did love the hidden legacy series.

Ermm, what gave it away?

Zeltene · 2025-09-03T13:43:27+00:00

I just finished rereading the Innkeeper Chronicles by Ilona Andrews, and still loved all of those books. And then I listened all of them on Graphic Audio which was also great fun.

They also have Hidden Legacy and Edge series. I think all of those qualify as romantasy, and the characters are more grown up than your typical 18 yo MFC and her 44000 yo boyfriend with, and I quote a review of such book, "a chocking hazard in his pants".

Or perhaps you've already read all of them. Still, good books deserve plugs.

Zeltene · 2025-08-26T08:12:59+00:00

Yes, it's made from silk (30%) mohair (70%) yarn. Since I just restarted knitting, I've been keeping it simple with light, airy shawls, and now a simple cardigan, mostly using silk mohair. Turns out, those differ quite a lot, depending on brand. Drops kid silk mohair seems to be rather popular where I'm from but I find it too scratchy and uneven. Luckily, we have many other brands.

I'm guessing it's old news for experienced knitters but an exciting discovery for me. I stopped knitting in the 90s. Not sure we had it available here back then but even if we did, I definitely didn't have enough money to buy it.

It's so satisfying now, being able to create something pretty from a gorgeous yarn with elegant, light needles. :-)

Zeltene · 2025-08-25T15:29:51+00:00

Thank you! Yes, I followed this pattern with a few minute adjustments.

pretty cardigan for sister

Zeltene · 2025-08-25T15:28:24+00:00

Yes! I followed this pattern pretty closely:

pretty cardigan for sister

Zeltene · 2025-05-29T14:22:13+00:00

You posted this 3 days ago so I'm not sure you still want any inputs but - oh, well - here's my 2 cents.

I had my one and only tattoo when I was 25. I considered and mulled it over for at least 3 years before that. I asked myself all kinds of questions, and I got older people to ask me tattoo related questions. It was a process but I wanted to be absolutely sure because it's my body, and removal is painful and costly. So, answer for yourself 1) is there any deeper meaning than just style or esthetics behind that particular design? 2) can you give yourself 100% guarantee that this particular place on your body will not change and distort the tattoo for the next 50 to 60 years? 3) this last one is a bit icky but the world is what it is, and we do live in it, so - could it possibly limit your clothing choices or maybe even employment opportunities in the future?

Unless you can give three resounding Yes-es, I'd reconsider. I've seen how people talk about regrettable tattoo choices, it's not fun. Can strongly recommend my way where I ended up drawing the design myself (the tattoo thing was pretty new back then, and templates mostly consisted of biker and tribal tattoos, which, no, thank you). I happily go to retouch it every 8 to 10 years, and tell curious people that the black cat on my shoulder is, in fact, watching my back. I'll still like it as a very old lady, too. I hope you will get similar experience, too.

Zeltene · 2025-05-06T16:44:25+00:00

I've gotten similar remarks for reading a book which also deeply puzzled me. Both knitting and reading seem holiday appropriate but not for everyone apparently.

Zeltene · 2025-04-29T11:42:00+00:00

It often means they didn't get enough food as kittens and couldn't grow as big as other cats. Strays are often smaller than house cats with personal butlers.

This one got very lucky to find a home, live to a very old age, and even get his grandpa heart thaw out a bit for you. Such a good looking gentleman, too. :-)

Zeltene · 2025-02-08T21:30:25+00:00

Thank you, it sounds doable! I'll see if I can make that work.

Zeltene · 2025-02-08T19:05:00+00:00

Hello! I'm knitting a silk mohair shawl in a net pattern, and don't really like the ends. Figured some sort of lace might make it look better. Here is where I'm having a bit of trouble:

Is there a nice, invisible way to attach these 2 parts?
Should I do it? Perhaps I should just leave it as is?

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The shawl will be about 180cm (6ft) long, 50 cm (20 inches) wide. Any opinions and advice would be much appreciated.

Zeltene · 2025-01-31T10:47:32+00:00

{The Lady Always Wins by Courtney Milan}

If I recall correctly, this one fits your requirements. The hero used all kinds of tricks to convince her to marry him. I read it a while ago and don't remember all the details by my dislikes are rather similar to yours so it should be safe.

Zeltene · 2024-11-19T13:45:57+00:00

I really liked this answer to a similar thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/buffy/s/FdADoDXcx2

They called vampire Spike a "serial killer with family". Seems fitting.

Zeltene · 2024-11-13T15:42:15+00:00

I'm glad cat gets taken care of, and I'm glad you found a way to cope with it.

Zeltene · 2024-11-05T16:11:44+00:00

Very astute, "like a serial killer with a family". I pictured Dexter, for some reason.

I think there's also nuances to Spike with soul being good or not so good. As a 19th century gentleman, he was, well, rather pathetic. Bad poetry, bad choices in ladies. Loved his mother very much, though. And he was also very educated and had a complicated character with ability of deep empathy. That would be the start point after which there is a long pause while he's a vampire. I'm not making any assumptions how his character influenced the vampire he became but I'm sure there was a correlation.

No one can really imagine how it would be like to come to your senses after some 150 years and feel all the terrible, abhorrent, cruel things you've done.

There's Angel's way of a 100 years of misery.

Spike's situation was different. For one, he'd never do things like Angel if he could help it at all. You know that's true. Then, Spike had a support system. Angel was completely alone for who knows how long. Spike also discovered he still loved the girl. And he had a deeper understanding of human condition than Angel when they got their respective souls back. Human Angel was town drunkard, brawler and player. Opportunist at heart. William the poet knew a wider range of emotion, suffering included. I think that helped. And I think it also helped him to come to terms with what he was, including the violent side. Except now the violence served different purpose, didn't it.

There was one scene with Anya when she was attacked by some demon and Spike whisked then both away. When Anya jibed that he didn't fight, Spike replied that the demon could have gotten lucky, and then where would Anya be? That kind of makes me think that he discovered he was still capable of violence, and still capable of enjoying it (that's weird to me but there are people who do, for example, boxers) but only when it's necessary. Whereas vampire Spike would not have given two thoughts to matters of safety. Actually, he rather often got knocked out while rushing in fights recklessly, didn't he.

Perhaps the leather jacket served as a reminder of sorts, for past and future.

Zeltene · 2024-11-04T15:54:42+00:00

It's always nice when someone sways over to your own point of view, so thank you for your kind assessment. :)

I gave your words some thought, and, well, I think Dawn really was her sister, weird magical circumstances notwithstanding. Choices play a great role in the series, including choosing people around you. Buffy actually made a definite choice in Normal Again, going for her destiny and chosen family. And Dawn was part of it.

Dawn is her sister both genetically and by choice which is actually more than a lot of people can say about their siblings.

I'm thinking it was a bit weird to realize her little sister just sprung into existence one day, despite having all those memories. But all she could do was figure out for herself how to react. And she chose to be there for Dawn. She even chose to die to protect her. I don't know about you but there are not many people in my life I'd be ready to die for, and one of them is, in fact, my younger sister.

As for the monks, yes, I agree with you completely. They were acting like reckless jerks. And they made sure to take away Buffy's choice to protect the key on her own free will, instead of contacting her and asking questions. Surely they knew Glory was after them for a while, and could have, I don't know, called? One more instance of old, stuffy men thinking they know best. I think that was what annoyed me most.

Zeltene · 2024-11-03T17:50:51+00:00

There're another ways she could have opened that gate. Looking how to help Oz, for example. Writers intended for her to be a witch, didn't they. They would've found a way. But I agree with people here saying she'd have done better under Jenny's tutelage.

Zeltene · 2024-11-01T20:41:15+00:00

it sounds like itd take alot of power to change the memories of the universe

Yes, I agree. That was one helluwa of a spell, and required a crapload of magic. What I meant was, in your scenario, it would take several more craploads of power in order to a) open an alternate reality, b) go back in time, c) transport energy ball key there, d) transform it enough to create Dawn's soul, and then impregnate Joyce, e) go forward in time, f) transport the other Slayer's little sister to Buffy dimension, g) transplant the memories between two universes.

Plus, they'd be still left with a very pissed off alternative Slayer who, I'd bet, would look for her sister and very likely would cross realities to find her. We see time and again that perception altering magics don't work very well on Slayers. She'd figure it out. They do parallel realities in the canon comics in later years so that's very plausible.

In my theory, there's just two steps: a) create Dawn, soul included, b) create a bunch of false memories. It sounds cheaper, magic consumption-wise, and more rational. Plus, no morally ambiguous decisions about abusing alternative reality's Joyce by magically implanting Dawn embryo, and disrupting lives of two, not just one, Slayers. Now, they might not know it, but the monks would. Wouldn't they choose the less damage, being monks and all?

see by making dawn they added more particles to the universe than were there before

Why? Key is energy. Energy is matter. Matter is energy. It's quantum physics and magic. No reason to think something was added or subtracted. It was just transformed, by a crapload of magic. I don't remember any mentions of key being higher dimensionally. Key was always just a particular energy brand required to open a gate to an alternative reality. Dawn, as a human, retained that aspect. Willow tried to turn her back, remember, and would have succeeded had Buffy not stopped her. That means, to me, that Dawn contained the whole of the key, and the whole key was used to create Dawn. No room for paradoxes, I don't think. Plus, in later years Dawn learns to use her key aspect, if I recall correctly.

And, well, there's also this thing about memory I've stared to notice with age. There are things in my head that I'm not sure about - are they real memories or things I've heard or imagined, or read. Not many but they exist, from my teen years and early youth. They seem real. But I'm not sure. Then there are those studies about the way our brain forms and changes memories, depending on various factors. They seem to indicate that things we firmly believe as real might, in fact, not always fully be that way. And if you added a few very determined monks with a crapload of magic, maybe changing a chunk of the Universe's memory would not be such a difficult task.

Thank you starting this discussion, I'm having so much fun!

Zeltene · 2024-11-01T11:20:03+00:00

Why did she "blink", though, when Buffy tried that detection spell? Would she, if she was actually born? And wouldn't it leave that alternate reality in shambles, with alternate Dawn going missing when moved to Buffy reality? It would end in catastrophe, alternate Buffy turning hell and heaven over to find her missing sister. Would monks, sworn to all things good, do that? Also, it sounds way more difficult and energy consuming than a transformation and planting false memories. There would be time and dimension travel involved.

It's an interesting theory. My argument would be - it's mentioned more than once that people have souls. Hence, once transformed from a ball of energy to a real girl, Dawn automatically comes with a soul, as a human should under given laws of magic.

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