#oya

Letting off some steam after a stressful day...

おや (oya) is an interjection that can mean things like “well!” or “oh my!” in English to express slight surprise, and some characters in Twst repeat it often as a verbal tic.

Jade remains King of Oya, repeating it at least 146 times throughout the game. Other characters who will often say "oya" are: 

・Rook (106 times) 

・Azul (103 times) 

・Malleus (24 times)

・Riddle (20 times)

・Fellow (18 times) 

・Lilia (19 times) 

・Crowley (17 times)

・Idia (9 times) 

 "Oya" is also used by Sam, Trein, ghosts, Pomefiore students, Rollo, Skully, Swing, Marja, Jack Skellington, and unnamed characters.

Oya is more rarely used by Jamil (three times).

When Ortho, Leona and Meleanor use it, it has been in a mocking way.

Silver uses "oya oya" just once after being lectured for three hours by Azul on how to better assert his authority in a possible example of Silver trying to sound more like Azul.

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Ọbà, Ọya & Ọ̀ṣun

Oba is the Orisha of marriage, domestic life, loyalty, and sacrifice.

Oya is the Orisha of Winds, storms, transformation, death/rebirth.

Oshun is the Orisha of Love, Beauty, Prosperity, and Fresh Waters

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(this is my legacy, as the outfit guy, so it's my duty to report on the most fashionable mutants of 2026)

A person is dead. But the real question is... who did it? The Fool who simply basks in the glory of the Sun? Was it the Queen, persuaded by a red Devil on her shoulder? Surely, the Peacock & the Dove conspired together, as a flock would do? Perhaps an enigmatic Angel, draped in the shadow of the Moon? A single Butterfly that claps its wings innocently? Maybe the Hound, chasing a secretive Cat, being pursued by the vicious Lioness himself...

Tag: interpret your OC as a deity of your choice that fits your OC. Pick any pantheon or mythology.

Tempest as the Impundulu.

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A/N: I wanted to step away from the more commonly used Greek/Norse inspirations and highlight how rich and powerful African spiritual and folkloric traditions can be. My OC is a creative homage to Oya, an Orisha from Yoruba tradition, and the Impundulu, a Lightning Bird figure from Zulu and Xhosa folklore.

She is not meant to be a direct portrayal of either figure, and I don’t claim ownership over these traditions. I’m writing from admiration and respect, and I encourage readers to learn more from sources rooted in the cultures these figures come from.

Oya/Impundulu Inspiration & Archetype

Tempest is heavily inspired by two storm-linked figures from African spiritual and folkloric traditions: Oya/Ọya, an Orisha associated with storms, winds, transformation, death, and rebirth in Yoruba tradition; and the Impundulu, often known as the Lightning Bird, a being from Zulu and Xhosa folklore associated with lightning, immortality, blood, misfortune, and hidden power.

Oya’s influence in Tempest is not meant as a direct portrayal of the Orisha herself, but as an archetypal inspiration: fierce change, destructive renewal, love that is not always gentle, and the force of storms as both danger and liberation. Oya is often understood as powerful, transformative, and deeply respected, connected to thresholds, upheaval, and the passage between life and death.

The Impundulu influence represents a darker inheritance: the storm as curse, hunger, secrecy, and ancestral burden. In some stories, the Impundulu is tied to witchcraft, bloodlines, seduction, vampirism, illness, and dangerous knowledge. It may appear as a great bird, a beautiful human, or an unseen affliction. For Tempest, this side symbolizes the fear of becoming something harmful, especially when darkness has been passed down through family, history, or spiritual legacy.

Coleção "As Mães", em ordem da esquerda pra direita e para baixo estão as obras "Mãe Nanã", "Mãe Iemanjá", "Mãe Iansã", "Mãe Yewa", "Mãe Obá" e "Mãe Oxum".

Feitas todas por mim, sem uso de inteligência artificial. Por favor, não roubar, repostar ou usar sem devidos créditos e perguntar antes 💛

A preview of X-Men #28

X-MEN #28

DANGER ROOM: PART THREE!

As the X-Men struggle against the mysterious machinations of the Danger Room, help comes from an unexpected direction! But with the forces arrayed against them, can the X-Men hope to prevail?

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Playing big happy family reunion, like the cuties they are. Obviously Idie would sit with the kids... Illyana is a cutie patootie too.

Scott is so happy to just share a meal with people he cherishes... I am sick. I love them all so much.

Quentin really is enjoying that meal, damn. 😂

Glob and Beak catching up... cute. 😭

Brings back memories from New Mutants, when Angel, Beak and their children were in trouble.