Okay, so we have a lot of strife in the pagan tags these days, I just want to say something personally. I count myself lucky that I as an eclectic pagan witch can be pals with a Christian Witch, countless Pop Culture Pagans, Kemetics, Hard polytheists, soft polytheists, Satanists, Luciferianists. I love em all, I respect them all. They do what they love just like I do.
Respect that.
Take two candles of the same kind
Same brand, same size, same shape. They should be identical in every possible way. Better still if you have used this type of candle before and have a good handle on how quickly they burn.
Now specify one candle to one purpose and specify the other to a different one.
Light them at the same time, and then take notes on what follows.
(I have, at the moment, two candles going. They’re both toward the same goal, but they’re different aspects of what needs to be done. These candles usually last about 2 hours. Candle A is almost burned completely down, despite being lit for 3 minutes. Candle 2 is nowhere near being finished and is so far burning at a more reasonable pace.)
#also do obvious stuff like don’t have one near a drafty window and the other under water or whatever #idk #so to sum up #the reason why i love candle magic: divination #aka the reason why i love anything
YOU KNOW WHAT THE ENDING SHOULD’VE BEEN?
I shouldn’t be laughing this hard
yes.
Have you ever HEARD “Cannibal” by Ke$ha? It would make the most perfect Hannigram fanvid ever. But after trying several different searches, I have concluded no one has made a full-length Hannigram vid to this song.
Someone please do this. Someone with the episodes and a video editing program.
WHY.
If you are writing a mystery, your job is to keep your readers asking that question right up until the big reveal.
If you are writing a dystopia, on the other hand, your job is to keep your readers from asking that question.
Your job, as a writer of dystopia, is to convince me, the reader, that this could happen. Your explanation doesn’t have to be given at the beginning, but you do need to convince me from the beginning that you HAVE an explanation. If I spend half my time asking WHY people in your dystopia don’t just change things, you’re doing it wrong. That is not the question you want me to ask. Because if I’m asking it, it means you have failed to convince me you have an answer.
