Lucet Tenebris

I hope this helps and I hope you feel better. I love you.

WEBSITES & GAMES

Free Compliments

You are fucking majestic

Rainy Mood

Free Hugs (when you’re lonely)

Calm down for a bit

Plant some flowers

Turn a quote into a masterpiece

Create a Polyvore and make pretty sets

Make a gif of a Youtube video

Tangle things up

Make your own spacey wacey thing (I love this)

Some silence if you need a bit of peace

If your thoughts are becoming a burden

Paint like jackson pollock

Pleasant silky thing (very fun)

Give/get comfort 

Live puppy cam

Multiple live puppy cams

Live kitten cam

Playlist of cute puppy vids

Travel without moving

Play with a pet over the internet

Learn another language

Type your thoughts away

IMAlive (crisis chat line)

Looking at something

Be Calm

My Noise

Sadness Helper

Crisis Chat

Sonic bubbles

Explore the world

Collection of useless websites

Thoughts of the stoned

Rainycafe (some background noise if you need it)

Make some music

Listen to some music (with a few buddies)

Cats woo

People pointing at your cursor (v amusing)

See the universe

Learn a little

Slap someone with an eel

Search for usernames in multiple social networking sites

Learn a new language

Learn html

Cute animals to look at!

Places to see before you die

Make everything okay

Cute videos

Super mario

Cubefield

Survive nature

You are awesome

Colour quiz

Funny video

Learn something new

Eye/personality test

Fun facts

Masterpost on downloading stuff

Get more out of google

Cute little puppy licks

Circle thing

Play old Nintendo games!

Anon Venting or here

Geocaching!

Make a Mermaid of yourself

How to Raise a Dragon

Haunt the House

Alien Thing

…But That Was Yesterday (A game about moving on)

The Majesty of Colours (Sea Monster game)

Sushi Cat

Nuclear Plant (apocalyptic game)

Bunni (bunny game)

Roller Coaster Rush

Werewolf game

Tiny Dangerous Dungeons

Treasure Hunt

Cursor game

Daymare Town

Grid game

Samsara Room

I Saw Her Standing There (Zombie love story)

Feed the Head

Factory Balls

Grow Nano Vol. 3

Tonypa’s Games

6 Differences

I Can Hold My Breath Forever (exploring underwater caves game)

I wish I were the moon

Small Words

Don’t look back

Alight in dreams

A house in California

Silent Conversation

Prior (creepy/dark game)

ImmorTall (alien game)

Loved (scary game)

One Chance (dark/apocalypse game)

Every day the same dream (dark/fatalistic game)

Elude (dark/sad game)

Symon (death themed)

Pizza King 2

Boomshine & Obechi

Filler

Music Bounce

Dropsum & Dropsum colours (math games)

First Person Tetris

Flash Tron

Dolphin Olympics

Mirror’s Edge 2d

Bubble Tanks Tower Defense

Bloons

Elephant games

Cute little games

Cute & calming games

Pick the right colour

Cubefield

20 Questions

Games to play online/download

Tetris

Barbie Makeover

Stickman adventure

ART

Painting/Canvas Ideas

Drawing!!

Make a Terrarium 

Draw horses!

DIY Ideas

Art Tutorials

Drawing hair/fur 

MUSIC/SOUNDS

Listen to music or here

Make a Playlist

Playlists based on mood

Sound Cloud

‘Weathervanes’ by Freelance Whales

Stormy Ocean

Cat Purring 

Thunderstorm (Close)

Thunderstorm (Far Away)

Ocean

Weightless

Wind Chimes 

Tibetan Bowls 

Nature (Images of River)

Space Ambient

Ambient Electronic

Human Heartbeat

“Native American” Style Flute/Drum (Images of Fire)

Rainforest

Celestial White Noise

Music to Help Combat Night Terror 

Winter Wind (Images of Trees and Snow + Cheesy Shakespeare Quote)

Autumn Wind

Howling Wind

Rain on Tin Roof

Rain on Tent

Traffic (Distant)

Traffic in the Rain (Close)

Fan

Distant Train 

Relaxing Trance/Electro

Chillstep (Relaxing Dubstep) (Vocals Used)

Relaxing “Chinese” Inspired Meditation

Soft Piano

Sad Violin and Piano

Instrumental

Stormy Ocean

MOVIES

Findflix

superhero films

moviestaughtmehowtofeel’s masterpost (29 films)

alwaysattracks’ masterpost (Disney films)

consultingtimelord-atyourservice’s masterpost

ineveryending’s masterpost (classic hollywood movies)

Disney movies

Movies to download

10starmovies

movie25

movie4k

megashare

Teen Movies: Juno , 10 Things I Hate About You , the Princess Diaries

Kid Movies: steven universe , the lego movie , the iron giant , elf , lilo and stitch

Tons of movies

More movies

Movie masterpost blog

Watch Disney Movies online for free

TV SHOWS

tvmuse

Netflix

Solarmovie

Hulu

Free-tv-video-online

Tubeplus

Motionempire

Cokeandpopcorn (watch any TV show)

Links to TV shows & music

BOOKS

Readanybook

Read something

100 All Time Best Books

Buy Cheap Books

Looking for alaska by john green.

Lord of the rings

Goosebumps

Classic literature masterpost

Divergent, and allegient by veronica roth

Books & comics masterpost

Marvel comics masterpost

DC comics masterpost

Pretty little liars masterpost

The bartimaeus trilogy by jonathan stroud

SELF-CARE

Make your own bubble bath

Make your own bath bomb or here

Super easy nail ideas

Online Journal/Diary

30 Days of Yoga

Ways to fall asleep fast

Creative Hobbies

Homemade Facial Mask

Homemade Facial Scrubs or here

Homemade Hair Treatments or here

How to braid your hair

How to do buns

Homemade Skin Care or here

Nature Photography

Creative Visualization

Exercise Videos

How to Meditate

How to do Tai Chi

Make a vision board

How to make changes in your life

Fatal to the Flesh (Alternative to self-harm TW)

Get Motivated 

Make a comfort box

Positive Quotes

50 things that make life happy

9 things you can do to be happy in 30 min

30 day self-esteem challenge

Friendly Reminders 

COMFORT FOOD

Cook something yummy

Mug Brownie

Cookie Dough Stuffed Cupcakes

Amazing Milkshakes

Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

Yummy Brownies or Best Brownies or Vegan Brownies

Chocolate Fudge

Chocolate Cupcakes

Chocolate Pudding

Chocolate Cake or Vegan Chocolate Cake

Cheesecake or Brownie Chocolate Chip Cheesecake

Apple Pie or Blueberry Pie or Cherry Pie

Chocolate Ice Cream

Nutella Coffee Shake

Peanut Butter Bars

Talk to me

A magnetic maze table made by Benjamin Nordsmark

See it in motion in this video:

Tsuruhime Ohori (1526-1543): The Savior of Omishima Island

Tsuruhime Ohori (鶴姫大祝) had to take charge from an early age. At 16, with her priest father dying from illness and her older brothers killed by invading jerk-of-the-year Yoshitaka Ouchi, Tsuruhime was left with two options: submit to the aforementioned jerk, or declare herself a living god and start ripping new assholes.

She chose the latter.

The god in question was the deity of the family shrine on the island where she was raised. Her upbringing to that point had been your standard Japanese shrine maiden affair: tending the shrine grounds, helping with prayers, and hour upon hour of rigorous martial arts training. She put this training to use upon taking the helm of the temple, by gathering an army to drive the Ouchi fleet back into open waters.

Several months later, the Ouchi came back, to which Tsuruhime’s reaction could best be translated as “FUCK THAT SHIT.” While the fleet commander was partying on his ship, she donned some claw gauntlets, climbed onto his boat like a literal ninja, and challenged him to one-on-one combat. The commander, surprised at the sudden appearance of a new guest, graciously answered her honorable challenge by openly laughing at her and assuming she was a prostitute.

She replied with equal graciousness by cordially murdering him in front of all his men. She then continued her application to the Party Crasher Hall of Fame by tossing grenade after grenade into the fleet until the Ouchi gave up and ran away. Presumably yelling “YOU COME TO MY HOUSE?!” as she did so.

That’s the majority of her story - there is more, but it devolves into a discussion of “did she actually exist?” For the longer version, click through to the main RP site here. 

Regardless, the citizens of Japan celebrate her legend to this day with parades and festivals. She’s often referred to as the Joan of Arc of Japan, but hey, she stands well enough on her own.

ART NOTES/TRIVIA

Her outfit is the one in which she is regularly depicted, in both art and parades. The armor is the one that is held in Oyamazumi Shrine.

Her birth name was just “Tsuru.” At some point, probably when she took the reins of the shrine, she went through a ceremony to become a “hime” — an honorific title literally meaning “princess,” which was often bestowed to upper-class women. From then on, she was Tsuruhime, or “crane princess.” Ohori is the family name. In Japanese they’re usually reversed, so you’ll see her name as Ohori Tsuruhime a lot.

Tsuruhime regularly shows up in TV shows and other media – most recently, an anime/game series called Sengoku Basara. I haven’t seen it. Maybe you have! Let me know what you think if you do!

CITATIONS

The best English-language info I could find on Tsuruhime is in Stephen Turnbull’s Samurai Women 1184-1877. Turnbull is often regarded with some skepticism by the historian community, so take with a pinch of salt — but there is a great illustration of Tsuruhime attacking the Ouchi in there.

Additionally, I translated some info from her Japanese Wikipedia page. Obviously, Wikipedia is only so trustworthy, and so is my translation (I’ve not studied the language in years), but a) the claims made there seemed to be backed up with appropriate links, and b) I had a friend double-check my translation.

SHOUT-OUTS

First off, thanks to @jedda-martele for sending in an ask about Tsuruhime a while back! I initially thought she was just asking about the fable of the crane wife (also often called tsuruhime), which is totally different. Nevertheless, you all guessed (or gamed Google) correctly:

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NEXT WEEK ON REJECTED PRINCESSES

Despite what her biography title might suggest, she did not actually lead a platoon of nuns.