I’ve wanted to do this for a long time but thius time I actually did it lol.
This is… unorganized, all over the place, a bit personal and maybe biased. You tell me. I wrote this for personal purposes and now I’m deciding to post it. Criticize me all you want just be nice I’m too sensitive.
In this analysis I’m taking into account Native American (Guaraní) mythology, European mythology, Paraguayan superstitions, north Argentinian rural superstitions, and Argentinian political traditions.
If you don’t want to read through the whole thing, at the end there is a Resolution after the KEEP READING with all the points made that you can read without the details.
Guaraní +
European myth: Tau and Kerena’s seventh son would turn into “a being half
human, half long-legged dog (Aguará Guazú) all full moon Tuesdays and Fridays,
or in 13th days”.
Half Dog. Long, large, red-eyed, skinny and
monstruous.”
Would eat chicken shit, unburied corpses and newborn
children.
The seventh daughter would become a witch
To kill it,
you must use a blade or a blessed bullet.
It doesn’t
hurt or attack humans. They are not calm creatures, but not hostile or
aggressive either.
PRESIDENT
GODFATHER:
Since the XIX Century, in Argentina, the president of
the nation would -become the godfather of all seventh children of any family in
the country. The story said that, if the child’s godfather was the President,
he wouldn’t become a Lobizón. It was a tradition of Russian origins (many rural
families killed their seventh sons in fear of this happening, and this was the
state’s way of solving the problem).
It became an official thing in 1907
President Perón made the procedure a legal and
official in 1973, giving scholarships for primary and secondary studies to
every seventh son in the nation. These people were really serious about this
issue.
The Aguará
Guazú is believed to have been one of the bases of these myths. It has been
hunted because of the fear of the Lobizón, despite being a peaceful being. It’s
also feared by rural people, as their howling are said to sound like spirits
calling them from the forest, or that it announces wonderful events. They are
considered magical.
IN SUMMARY:The maned wolf is strongly related to A)
The Lobizón, and thus Magic, Transformation, and the Occult, and B) Politics. A
Maned Wolf person might be interested in occult and religious practices, or,
alternatively, philosophy and the abstract. It’s related to politics, as the
Lobizón curse is believed to be “broken” if the President is the boy’s
godfather. A Maned Wolf person could also be seen as an “Illustrated” person,
in the sense that they might see things from a less mystical point of view when
it comes to serious situations. For example, the non-existent, magical, superstitious
“Curse” is broken when legal and political matters come into play. This duality
between a secular, rational yet respectful problem solving method and a
relation to magic and the occult might signify that the occult, metaphysic,
philosophy, religious belief or however this trait is exhibited in this said
Maned Wolf person, is left behind as a hobby or a sort of game when they’re not
useful o solve a problem. No matter how spiritual, religious or philosophical a
Maned Wolf person is, they are not going to waste their time in it if it can’t
solve the problem at hand, or if it cause more harm than good. Like the Argentinean
philosopher Darío Sztajnszrajber said, “Politics, not Metaphysics”.
Misunderstood:
Maned Wolf
people are also heavily misunderstood. Both
the Maned Wolf and the Lobizón are relatively peaceful creatures, not dangerous
to humans, yet the Lobizón is considered a monster and a devil, and real life
Maned Wolves are killed in fear of the Lobizón, which led the species to be
endangered. A Maned Wolf person would not have bad intentions, but for one
reason or another (the way they expressed their opinion, the people they’re
expressing it to, simple prejudice, etc.) they would be misunderstood and
rejected, avoided and ostracized because of it. It is possible than more
conservative spaces would be the ones to reject Maned Wolf people the most,
given their rejection of religion as a problem-solving tool, the fascination
for the occult, in case it doesn’t manifest in Christian Religion, and their
relationship to El Lobizón, the Presidential Godfather and Perón, the president
that made it a legal thing, who was also a center-left wing president hated by
the Catholic Church and the Army, two very dangerous institutions in South
America, for taking power away from them.
The Name:
THE NAME
USED IN SOUTH AMERICA IS “AGUARÁ GUAZÚ”, THE GUARANÍ NAME. In the First World
it’s known as the Maned Wolf. Aguará
Guazú people might show a different face of themselves to different people to
appeal to their good side. Alternatively, if the daemian is South American and
has strong ties to the continent and calls the Maned Wolf “Aguará Guazú”, it
might represent that they care more about their Latine home than what First
World Countries think or want.
Little Myths
It is said
that the pulverized bones of a Mane Wolf can help relieve the pain of a woman
giving birth
A paw bone of a Maned Wolf can help a fugitive escape
the justice.
The pelt of
a Maned Wolf can help alleviate the pain and illness.
IN SUMMARY:
A Maned Wolf person has the best
intentions, and seeks to help people and ease the pain. In the case of the
fugitive, chances are this expressed a more Robin Hood like behavior in a Maned
Wolf person, considering their relation with justice (see below). Chaotic Good. They will not support just
any criminal, but a criminal who, they believe, did the right thing. To a maned
wolf person, laws don’t matter. Morality and values do. They wouldn’t be
against stealing or cheating if they think it will do more good than harm (for
example, feeding their hungry family, or ruining a corrupt politician).
Legends:
A Guaraní legend tells the story about how the Maned Wolf, future father of dogs, and the
Cat became friends in hopes of finding more food together, and later brought in
the Iguana into their little group. One
day, the Iguana was behaving inappropriately with the cat, they had a fight and
though the Maned Wolf tried to separate them and maintain peace, the Iguana
ended up killing the Cat. From that moment on, all the dogs, children of the
Maned Wolf, would forever chase and hunt Iguanas in revenge for the murder of
his dear friend the Cat.
This showcases the Justice-seeking, Chaotic Good and
slightly vengeful nature of the Maned Wolf person. Despite preferring peace and
harmony, they will not let injustice slide, and they are not afraid of violence
when it comes to avenging a dear friend, or fighting for justice. This could
range anywhere from being very protective of one’s loved ones, being very intolerant
of committed injustices and unfairness, to
straight up being down for Revolution at any moment.
Yet another Guaraní legend says that once, the Jaguar was trying to hunt a deer, but said deer was
in company of his friend, the Maned Wolf, who was actually the Devil in
disguise (it’s worth mentioning that in Latin America, the Devil is, many
times, seen as a trickster spirit that can help people of so he wishes, and
that can be tricked back if one has the ability to do so. He’s not the Catholic
Incarnation of Evil). The jaguar, angry at his own luck, decided to play nice
and join the Maned Wolf and the deer, so the three of them could find more food
together. The first day, the Aguará Guazú went hunting first, and he came back
with only one mouse. The Jaguar was very angry at him, and the Maned Wolf told
him, if he wasn’t happy, to go look for food himself, although he wouldn’t find
anything, because he had short legs. Furious, the Jaguar tried to bite him, but
the Maned Wolf and his friend the Deer managed to run away, because they were
good runners. They ran until they got to a river, and the Maned Wolf could swim
through it, but the Deer was left behind. Right when the Jaguar was about to
eat the Deer, the Maned Wolf revealed his powers as the Devil and turned the
Deer into stone, so when the Jaguar’s jaws hit him, his fangs would shatter and
break. The Maned Wolf laughed at the Jaguar, and this one, angry and
exasperated, threw the rock all the way across the river to hit the Maned Wolf.
It was then that the Maned Wolf turned his friend back into a deer, and they
both laughed at they ran away from the furious Jaguar, trapped at the other
side of the river.
This other legend further showcases the Maned Wolf’s
relationship with magic and the occult, and another way it could be rejected by
more conservative religious people, being related to the Devil, although he
doesn’t have bad intentions in this legend. He only wants to find food with his
friend, and even allows the Jaguar to join them at first.
In that vein, one could argue that a Maned Wolf values
their friends a lot, as seen in the second myth, about the Cat and the Iguana.
In both myths, there are a group of two, in which the Maned Wolf is always in
the original couple, and then a third member joins them, only to end up hurting
the Maned Wolf’s friend, while the Maned Wolf himself tries to protect them. Yet
in both cases, the Maned Wolf is open and willing to welcome a new friend into
his group. This doesn’t mean he’s quick to trust necessarily, but he’s willing
to give people a chance, and if both stories are taken into account, he is not
going to lose faith in humanity or stop trusting people because he was hurt by
someone else in the past.
Maned Wolf people are very protective of their loved
ones, as stated before. They can go as far as using violence if needed in order
to protect those they care about, and they’re willing to lose less important
relationships in order to defend the ones that matter the most to them. If a
newly made friend starts talking shit behind their childhood friend’s back, you
can be sure the Maned Wolf is not going to let it slide. They are loyal to the
ones closest to them and prioritize certain relationships, and with all reason!
It also represents the Maned Wolf’s “Chaotic Good”
behavior. He laughs through the whole ordeal, tricks the Jaguar, and defends
his friend, a seemingly normal deer. What else is there to say?
A Maned Wolf person is not going to abuse their power,
if they have any. In the story, the Maned Wolf could have easily killed the
Jaguar if so he wishes, but instead, he simply used his powers to get his
friend out of danger, without hurting anyone.
A Maned Wolf person is going to have the best
intentions for themselves and the ones they care about, even if they are misunderstood
and judged by others.
LONELY
Maned
wolves are unique in their genus. They are not closely related to any other
canids. You could say they are somewhat special.
Maned
Wolves are an endangered species, mostly because of hunting related to superstition.
This could
symbolize that a Maned Wolf person is/feels somewhat special or different from
the rest of the people around them, even their closest family. Maybe their
beliefs, ideology, opinions, or view of morality differ too much from most
people’s to find someone to relate to. This might be seen as both a good and a
bad thing. Good, because it expresses how unique and special these people are.
Bad, because it leave them lonely with no one to trust or rely on, because
there is no one to agree with. Once they find a person they can be themselves
with, they are not going to let them go. They have earned a friend for life.
How can Will move forward if he’s just ignoring his past and listening to people who call him evil– internalizing all that self hatred?
How can James find his voice and master his needs if he actually has no autonomy– if he keeps letting people tell him he has no autonomy?
The battlefield in Dark Heir is really about who controls the narrative. Right now the Light controls the narrative and James and Will are losing because of it. They have to take the control back. They can’t do that if they continue to buy into the propaganda against them, their past selves, their relationship, and the desires they harbour.
They need to start facing themselves as they are, who they once were, and start fighting back against the Light’s narrative to be free of it.
“who radicalized you” ever since i was a child i wanted other people to be treated nicely and fairly because i didnt understand why theyd deserve otherwise and it fills me with disgust seeing how people treat their fellow human beings sometimes
[Tweet by Gillian Branstetter reads “If enforcing gender norms requires a constant state of surveillance and censorship then they probably aren’t as biological or innate as you think they are]
This post is now a work of political art that is just A+
It’s gonna be such a funny mess when Donald Trump dies of a stroke on April 1st, 2024.
Naturally everybody will think it’s fake because of the date only to lose their minds (both positively and negatively based on their opinion of trump) when realizing it’s real
There will be massive celebrations in the streets and on social media and lots of predictable “don’t speak ill of the dead” discourse about those celebrations
Weird evangelicals will pull some weird number trick talking about how Jesus was conceived on April 1st and that makes Trump a sort of messiah and people will make fun of that
The Republicans (after they’re done with the faux-sadness and faux-outrage) will stomp over each other to be his successor but none of them will succeed. They’ll tear each other apart and have no single nominee for the November elections.
There will be discourse about if Biden and the living former presidents should go to his funeral (they won’t, he was a traitor insurrectionist)
The Ukraine-Russia War immediately goes in favor of Ukraine as morale in the Kremlin is reduced. China similarly backs off from its threats on Taiwan.
Ten thousand new memes are made, some sticking around for years to come.
Not a month later a bunch of unofficial biographies of Trump hit the bookshelves, many with new details about just how awful he was.
maybe I’m naive but I literally never assume a post is fake. I think “damn that’s crazy as hell” and then go through the rest of my day believing the world is a little more magical and whimsical. sadly this means I also believe every troll’s passion is sincere.
People in my life have legit judged me for not assuming folks are lying when they tell cool/funny stories.
Like yes they could be lying but also joy is fleeting and the story made me chuckle and I thought you’d get a kick out of it.
I honestly don’t think that anyone is more amused by the whole “this douchebag decided to try and fight the child of the sea god on a fucking beach” of it all than Poseidon.