Immakuk and Ennikar they anointed each other with the oil of the gods made only for the gods
So a few weeks ago @shaelit asked if anyone had drawn that scene, and then the request got shared in the QT discord server and I was bullied into drawing it lovingly reminded that I have the ability to draw. Anyway, it was high time I did some art from these myths, the Immakuk and Ennikar stories are my favorite in the series and this one is a particular favorite.
babe. I know we’re all going thru a lot rn but I just wanna give u the heads up that sesame streets future is in jeopardy. hbo has chosen not to renew it for new episodes (a series that has been going since 1969) and the residents of 123 Sesame Street no longer have a home :(
n all seriousness sesame street is such an important piece of living media. it has been around for DECADES and from day 1 highlighted the importance of diversity empathy and education for children in a fun way. their mission statement is “Helping Kids Everywhere Grow Smarter, Stronger, and Kinder”. it’s been such an influence for so many people at a formative age. it’s creators made it w the intention that it could be a resource for underprivileged kids and help them prepare for kindergarten. thousands of people have learned english from our friends on sesame. pls (at media corporations) don’t let a beloved cultural phenomenon die
Would be lovely if people could spread this link to their donations page around the internet
Let’s be clear that the issue NOT that they don’t have a “home.”
SESAME STREET NEVER LEFT PBS!!!!
I realize that most of the coverage of the HBO deal ignored this fact, and so people online all freaked out thinking it would only be on HBO, but this was never true.
The deal was for HBO to get to air new episodes a few months before those episodes aired on PBS. And in return, Sesame Workshop - a nonprofit that does a lot of educational research and development beyond just the one TV show - got a huge influx of funding.
Which means that yes, they are losing this funding source, which is definitely bad! They will need more support! They get money from the government and from grants, but the HBO cash was a lot more.
But also, they are generally a very well-run nonprofit, and I’m guessing they knew the HBO money wouldn’t be forever. So I doubt they’re going to go under soon or anything.
But as far as “not having a home,” Sesame Street always has, and unless public television in the US goes away entirely likely always will, have a home on PBS.
Snippet: It was three in the morning. Brand opened his bedroom door before I even knocked on it. “What’s wrong?” he asked in a whisper. “Addam and I are fighting,” I said. He frowned and tilted his head to the side. “No, you’re not. You’re all,” he said, and the wiggled his fingers in front of him, his non-verbal gesture for your and Addam’s gooey emotional shit. He felt things like that now, through our bond. “Okay, so he’s really sweet, but it’s cranky sweet. He said I’m keeping him awake because I keep worrying about keeping you awake.” He didn’t argue, because his eye bags were as bruised as mine. I’d been having nightmares tonight, and Brand always knew when I had nightmare. I’d felt him tossing and turning too. “You’re my pillow until morning,” I sighed. He gave me a tired smile back and opened his door. “I’ve got ideas. If I feel a nightmare coming, there’s a water gun, paint gun, and dart gun in my nightstand. We can escalate gradually.”
An hour later, there was a knock on the door. I blinked my gummy eyelids as Brand got up and opened it. Addam stood there in sweatpants, a lonely pillow hugged against his chest. “I am unable to sleep now,” he said. “Middle,” Brand said. “But I want a clear shot at Rune if I need it.”
One tts thing that always makes me giggle is the de-escalation of how rune uses Exodus every book. Like, we’ve got:
Book one- after saving it up for fifteen years, Rune uses it on the big bad of the book (also one of his past abusers) and kills him to smithereens. Also destroys the entire cathedral the confrontation happens in as collateral.
Book two- Exodus has a few months of juice in it, Rune uses it mid-book to (mostly) take out a mythical creature, a billboard that gets cut in half is the extent of the collateral this time.
Book three- Rune, high as fuck, gets startled and accidentally calls Exodus up while trying to summon a completely different spell. Discharges it against a wall in a panic so that it doesn’t explode him and accidentally scares the utter shit out of Random Unscrupulous Teen.
Considering how Rune has admitted that this spell in particular and the reason he keeps it on him at all times is pretty deeply linked to his past, there’s probably something in here about his increasing willingness to use it freely instead of saving it as an absolute last resort, about the past having less of a stranglehold on him and him feeling comfortable enough to live without a nuclear bomb in his back pocket at all times. It is also, however, when you look at it in text just incredibly fucking funny. Building-leveling weapon that Rune does the equivalent of accidentally releasing on a sneeze two books later.
