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Starbie B.'s avatar

Welcome back! I loved Castlevania and the sequel, Nocturne. The second Annette showed up, I knew she had never done anything wrong ever in her life 😂 I also loved the concept of specific beliefs and systems applying to specific groups of people BECAUSE they believe in them. It’s a concept I support and it’s why I believe that even if a non-Black person has all the tools, ingredients, and instructions, our closed practices will never work for them.

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Malachi Lily they/them's avatar

There is a mutuality and a choosing that must be done. That happens on many levels of existence, including before you were born.

The energies, spirits? ancestors, etc. have to choose you too. I’ve seen it done, I’ve even felt it myself, but it’s rare and requires deep respect, listening, and consent if you have not chosen the path of blood connection, i.e. born in that lineage.

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Starbie B.'s avatar

The mutual choosing, respect, and consent are very important. I’ve never seen it done right or felt it, but I believe you when you say you have 🫶🏾

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Malachi Lily they/them's avatar

For me personally, you can see it in the last letter I did with the Nommo ancestral story. I talk a bit about how I feel like those entities have selected me, and I’ve taken the time to commune with those beings and get their explicit permission to tell their story, though I don’t consider myself a part of Dogon culture.

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Starbie B.'s avatar

Ooh thanks for the rec! I’ll check it out!

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Malachi Lily they/them's avatar

Alllll the way at the bottom of my last one lol

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Leo Ruthe's avatar

This was beautiful, so excited to have found my way to your writing 💖

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Malachi Lily they/them's avatar

Thank you so much!

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