I be like ''lord'' ''god'' ''jesus christ'' and the mfs dont even mean anything to me
𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐎𝐓 𝐁𝐀𝐒𝐄𝐃 𝐒𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐓𝐒 . . . ( 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 ) The Death card often represents endings, transformation, and rebirth. It brings themes of inevitable change and the shedding of the old to make way for the new. These are great ways for Mun's to explore the shadow work their muses may need to deal with loss. Here are scene prompts to capture that sense of profound change, whether it’s the end of an era, the loss of something or someone significant, or the dawning of a new phase in life. Learn more about death here. *Themes: Horror, Loss, rebirth, transformation, endings. → ∗ ⁽¹⁾ Find the collection of tarot-based scene starters here!
REVELATION: A storm rages as the sender uncovers a family secret. They turn to receiver for support.
BLOODLINE: In the receiver's house, the sender stands over a box of old photos and secrets.
DAWN: At the break of dawn, the receiver watches the sender as they struggle with the loss of a loved one.
SURRENDER: The sender holds the receiver’s hand as they walk through a graveyard.
AWAKENING: After a near-fatal accident, the sender awakens to the receiver by them.
BRAID: The sender braids the hair of the grieving receiver.
INESCAPEABLE: The sender looks at the receiver, a deep fear in their eyes, knowing that death is inevitable.
AFTERMATH: The receiver stands silently as the sender stares at the aftermath of a choice made, a life lost, and the painful consequences weighing heavily on them both.
REVENGE: The sender turns to the receiver, filled with bitter resolve as they prepare to avenge a death that's connected them both.
FORGIVENESS: In the stillness of the night, the sender kneels before the receiver, seeking forgiveness.
BENEATH: The sender pulls the receiver from the wreckage, their hands bloodied, both knowing there’s no way to survive this other than together.
+ DEATH: create your own prompt
[ standing over a body ] " oops. "
the silence in the room was thick, clinging like smoke after a spell gone wrong. emilia stood a few feet away from the body, arms crossed, gaze fixed on the slowly spreading pool of blood with an expression that wasn’t quite surprise. she’d seen worse. she’d caused worse. but that didn’t mean she approved of this. not by a long shot.
yelena stood nearby, a smear of something dark on her cheek, chin lifted like she was daring the world to flinch first. ❝ oops, ❞ she said. emilia blinked once. ❝ oops, ❞ she echoed, voice flat. ❝ that’s what you’re going with? ❞ she took a few slow steps forward, her boots silent against the tile. the scent of blood mixed with gunpowder and bad decisions. she didn’t crouch, didn’t touch the body — just looked down at it with the weariness of someone who had cleaned up too many messes that didn’t need to happen in the first place. ❝ you could’ve walked away, ❞ she said. ❝ you could’ve handled it with a threat, or a promise, or even just silence. instead … ❞ she gestured loosely to the body with one hand. ❝ now there’s a corpse in the hallway and we both get to deal with the fallout. ❞ yelena didn’t say anything. she didn’t have to. emilia could read her like a spellbook left out in the rain — a little warped, but still legible. she sighed and pinched the bridge of her nose, more tired than angry. ❝ i know what it’s like to be angry. i know what it feels like when the world treats you like a mistake. but if you let that anger decide for you, you’re just doing their work for them. ❞ her voice softened, but the edge remained. ❝ you want a place at the table? fine. but you don’t get there by being reckless. you get there by surviving. ❞ emilia looked at her, really looked at her — at the hard line of her jaw, the heat behind her eyes, the tension in her hands. ❝ you’re not stupid, yelena. sᴏ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴀᴄᴛ ʟɪᴋᴇ ɪᴛ. ❞ then, after a beat, she turned toward the door. ❝ come on, ❞ she said over her shoulder. ❝ we need to move the body before someone sees. and next time? try not to make me regret standing beside you. ❞
Adelaide Kane as MARY STUART REIGN (2013 — 2017)
EMILY BADER as QUEEN JANE GREY — 1.05 "I'm Gonna Change the World"
there was a long beat of silence before emilia spoke ... long enough for the hush of the room to grow thick, broken only by the soft drag of linen over skin as she gently wiped the ʙʟᴏᴏᴅ from emory’s hands with a damp cloth. her touch was careful, practiced, almost reverent. as if tending to something fragile, not just flesh, but what still lived beneath it. ❝ i’ve asked myself the same thing before, ❞ she murmured, not quite looking up. her voice was low, warm in a way that didn’t try to comfort — but offered a kind of quiet understanding. ❝ what makes a stranger stop for someone like me. offer kindness when i expected none. ❞ the cloth, stained pink now, moved in slow circles along emory’s knuckles. her hands weren’t trembling, but there was tension in the way she held them — tension emilia didn’t force away, only worked around. ❝ maybe i see something in you. ❞ her eyes lifted then — dark and steady, but not searching. just seeing. ❝ maybe i don’t need a reason. ❞ she folded the cloth once more, exposing a clean side, her movements unhurried. ❝ or maybe i just know what it’s like to be afraid and have ɴᴏ ᴏɴᴇ reach back. ❞ her accent curled through the words like smoke — rich and unshaken. she tilted her head slightly, a subtle furrow in her brow that made her expression seem almost tender, though her gaze was sharp beneath it. ❝ i won’t ask for trust. i won’t even expect it. but questioning kindness doesn’t mean you don’t need it. ❞ and then, quieter — like a truth wrapped in silk, just for her : ❝ sometimes the right people show up when we’re most afraid to be seen. ❞
continued from here (@ncantari).
her brows furrowed as she observed the stranger, confused and curious at once. the woman's demeanour appeared to change with every passing minute ﹕ while she seemed guarded at first, she now looked soft and welcoming – almost motherly. it had a soothing effect on emory, disarming her and most of her defenses right with it. her shoulders relaxed, folding her hands to keep them from trembling and taking a calming breath. for the first time in the past hour she felt somewhat safe, but still she wouldn't let her guard down completely. she couldn't. ❛ why would you want to help me? ❜, she asked, wary of the stranger's motives.
apron on. a swirl of olive oil. the aroma of garlic. candlelit evening in. plump, red tomatoes. sea salt pasta water on boil. fusilli in. basil from the plant. jazz tunes on. creating in the kitchen is such a dream.
♱⠀⠀ ⠀⠀The wood creaked softly as she leaned back, the corners of the 𝔠𝔬𝔫𝔣𝔢𝔰𝔰𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔞𝔩 pressing into her spine like a reminder : THIS WAS NOT HER PLACE. And yet⠀⠀ ⠀⠀…
Emilia sat with her legs crossed at the ankle, hands folded like a good girl, eyes fixed on the worn velvet of the partition. The hush inside the booth was thick, the kind of silence that wasn’t empty — it was watching. She exhaled slowly. Her palms were cold. In silence, she made the 𝔖𝔦𝔤𝔫 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 ℭ𝔯𝔬𝔰𝔰. Forehead. Chest. Left shoulder. Right. Her fingers lingered at her heart for a moment before falling away. ❝ Bless me, Father … ❞ she started, and stopped. Her throat tightened. Her voice, when it came again, was low. Steady. But too quiet for comfort. ❝ Bless me, Father, for I have SINNED. ❞ She didn’t say how long it had been since her last confession. She doubted the walls cared. She doubted HE did, either — whoever he was. Whatever this was. Her fingers tightened in her lap. ❝ I wanted something, ❞ she said, her voice barely above a breath. ❝ I touched it. I took it. ❞ A pause. ❝ I wanted to be ƃoop. I did. ❞ She closed her eyes, just for a moment, and her voice cracked — not from emotion, not quite. From restraint. ❝ But when he looked at me, ❞ she said, ❝ I didn’t want to be 𝔥𝔬𝔩𝔶. I wanted to ruin him. I wanted to see what would happen if I let go. ❞ Another pause, and she almost laughed, but didn’t. ❝ I did, ❞ she whispered. ❝ I let go. ❞ Her hands unclasped. Rested open now in her lap, like offerings. ❝ I thought it would feel like power. But it just felt like fire. And I think I’d do it again. ❞ She went still. Perfectly still. Her breath shallow. Her eyes fixed on the shadowed screen before her, heart thudding painfully in the hush between them. ❝ Does that make me EVIL? ❞ she asked, not to the priest — not really. ❝ Or just honest? ❞ No voice answered. Just the creaking of wood, the faint flicker of a candle somewhere far from where she sat. She swallowed, throat dry. ❝ I didn’t come here to be forgiven, ❞ she said finally. ❝ I just needed to say it out loud. ❞ The witch shifted forward, like she meant to leave — then hesitated. And softer, like a secret she hadn’t meant to speak: ❝ I’m not sure there’s anything left in me that wants to be forgiven. ❞ Then she stood. The door creaked open behind her. And the moment she stepped out into the empty church, she didn’t look back.
Josef Sudek / Mala Strana Cemetery, Prague / 1940.
“mouth, open like an angel in a cathedral.”
— Luce Irigaray, Elemental Passions.