casziel

fourth of the seven and first twelve; archangel of temperance, light, and thursdays. professional moonlighter.
big fan of cats and shetland ponies.

[casziel @fourthoftwelve]

sometimes the clouds look like nebulae and the earth is home to the best views in the whole wide universe.

dear humanity,
i hope you never forget to look up.

[casziel @fourthoftwelve]

so perhaps, this year, instead of giving something up, do the opposite.

these forty days, try to make a positive difference to someone. as complicated as a compliment, as simple as a hot drink. something that brightens the day.

and, you know—that someone can be yourself, too.

[casziel @fourthoftwelve]

today is ash wednesday, the beginning of lententide.
traditionally for many, this is a period of fasting—of giving something up.

it is a test.
of resolve. of faith. of the self.

it seems as though an awful lot has been given up recently, and much of it involuntary.

[casziel @fourthoftwelve]

this is an important message.

be not afraid.

sometimes that’s a really hard thing to be, and in those times be a frayed knot instead, because everything untangles in the end and things will always get better.

all of the love in all of the worlds for all of you.

[Archangel Gabriel @archangelicgabe]

Humans primarily associate "be not afraid" with angels Appearing Unto them in their true forms, however I say it to you now in a different way.

[casziel @fourthoftwelve]

@archangelicgabe a puppet made from a sock. this is not difficult thing to decode, brother.

[casziel @fourthoftwelve]

@archangelicgabe S O C K P U P P E T S .

[casziel @fourthoftwelve]

@sugarandsmites @Bookdemon89891 it would take intervention beyond that of a horse to trample an archangel.
probably.
but i take your point—even as i continue to refuse to avoid horsies.

[casziel @fourthoftwelve]

@alumi_go @sugarandsmites certainly not. that would be b/ovine caprini chewing. and jason didn’t come to barcelona.

[casziel @fourthoftwelve]

@archangelicgabe @sugarandsmites brother! jason is not bad news. she is unbridled joy.

[casziel @fourthoftwelve]

@Bookdemon89891 @sugarandsmites important point here is that even this one isolated and entirely irrelevant incident has nothing to do with horses! and bore no danger!

both variables, gone. ponies are not the problem here, yeratel.

[casziel @fourthoftwelve]

@alumi_go @sugarandsmites a few completely /unrelated/ occasions at which horses just /happened/ to be present and at which a few things /mysteriously/ vanished after something like the sound of equine chewing.

also barcelona.

which had nothing to do with horses and everything to do with cake.

[casziel @fourthoftwelve]

@archangelicgabe @sugarandsmites apparently i’m not allowed to be around horses anymore. which is not only going to be a bit of a blow for at least one star system, but is wildly unjust—there is not one shred of historical evidence for me plus four legged mammal being bad news!

[casziel @fourthoftwelve]

@sugarandsmites why! nobody got hurt!

[casziel @fourthoftwelve]

@alumi_go @sugarandsmites there is no material evidence for any incident with any form of quadrupedal mammal, equine or otherwise, and any murmurings to the contrary are circumstantial and speculative.

[casziel @fourthoftwelve]

@sugarandsmites but i like horses.

[casziel @fourthoftwelve]

@alumi_go @archangelicgabe good heavens, no. i don't think i could top my last effort, not even by opening the game and actually trying it out.

[casziel @fourthoftwelve]

@archangelicgabe @alumi_go art.

[casziel @fourthoftwelve]

@Bookdemon89891 @sugarandsmites ...the reward being the kettle. alternatively available in the form of some seeds and some stony ground.

[casziel @fourthoftwelve]

@sugarandsmites a remarkably easy forbidden activity resulting in a rewarding game.

[casziel @fourthoftwelve]

@EMShryke @archangelicgabe how did i express woe at my brother? oh, it's just one of my proscribed skills, like unerringly being able to lose paperwork and misplace the kettle.

[casziel @fourthoftwelve]

@alumi_go @archangelicgabe that's uncanny. you've really captured the essence.