YoinkTober 2022 - Tarotober

[dmeck7755]

28 - 8 of Cups - (U) Moving On / (R) Giving Up

Onni was distraught , his family left him..alone..In Keuruu.  They don't have his protection.  They don't have HIM.

Well there is only one thing to do.  So he made plans to go to godless Sweden and help.
29 - 3 of Cups - (U) Interdependence / (R) Rejection of the Group
 
Onni was very annoyed the group followed him to Finland.  They were supposed to go to Norway and take his cousin with him.  Tuuri is happy they are here.  I am not. Well if they insist I can use them as bait.

30 - Page of Pentacles - (U) Increasing Powers / (R) Repressed Power

Well that worked out well.  I am glad Anne was able to take the ghosts.  I feel so relieved.  Also I think I need to explore this mage ability, so I can help more.

31 - 9 of Pentacles - (U) Solitary Creativity / (R) Sell-Out

Well now that Onni finally got away from seagull man, he was finally on his own.  He did not have to worry about anything or anyone.  He will defeat the Kade and can then fade away


Jitter,
Could 20.10 be the teacher at the mage school in Iceland?

22.10. Could this be Michael?

17.10 The security guard at the rail station when Emil and his family were waiting on the rest of the team?

18.10 The gate guard at the Icelandic port When Lalli was trying to get to Finland alone?

BTW,
Thank you all for wonderful stories, drawings etc.  This was actually kinda fun...

[Jitter]

Dmeck, 17. 18. and 20.10. are correct

Your ficlets are all very suitable. I’m at a bit of a loss with several of the remainig prompts.

[lwise]

My guesses:

19.10 Saku Hotakainen, Usually "dying" from something
21.10 Elvira Vasterstrom, Stig's mother
22.10 Ingrid Pedersen, Low effort hippie

[dmeck7755]

Dmeck, 17. 18. and 20.10. are correct

Your ficlets are all very suitable. I’m at a bit of a loss with several of the remainig prompts.

Thank you.  I had difficulty with them also...

[Jitter]

Lwise, correct

[Mirasol]

Lovely riddle-scenes, Jitter! I´m too late for guessing, but I got some of them, so yay!

Dmeck, of course this is kinda fun. Why do you think we keep coming back to it. :'D (At least I hope I´m not the only one who thinks so.) But I´m glad you had fun too!



Here´s my last batch:

29: Rejection of the Group

The can said "pink tulips", but you do you, random orange tulip. Always good to have variety.
(Featuring an OC of mine who´s a dragon, actually, but I was decidedly too tired to draw an entire dragon, so here you have a human version of her I designed a while ago out of boredom.)




30:Repressed Power

Mild spoilers for the latest "The Owl House"-episode, "Thanks to them".

Spoiler: show

This is just a redraw of a frame from the episode. (I´m very swamped in work right now and didn´t have the time for anything more complicated.)
The very first episode of this show had a throwaway line about how the Demon Realm, the dimension most of the show takes place in, might have so many scary things, but giraffes were even too much for them. So they banished them to us. Two seasons later we know why. xD



The reference I used:

31: Solitary Creativity

Some of my art-supplies. With more focus on the "creativity"-aspect than the "solitary". I mostly drew around family.

[Mirasol]

Alright, and now that I´m not almost already out of the door while posting let me add:

This has been great fun! Thank you for the kind comments to my drawings! Thank you Wave for coming up with the prompts! And thanks to the other participants whose story-snipplets I got to read and drawings I got to see!
I actually don´t really feel my usual batch of marker-burnout this time, which I´d say is progress! But atmittedly, this challenge did take up most of my free time last month so I´m still glad to have finished it.

Though I still have one plan for the drawings from this year, which is binding them in some way. I´ll see if I can manage that. If it ends up looking alright I´ll post it here.

I´ll be looking forward to it if we do this again next year!

[Jitter]

Still a few more...

23.10. - The Hermit - (U) Self-Search / (R) Dilettantism

Ugh, he's so full of himself! So irritating. 'Oh look at me, I'm a great hero and mage and all'! Yeah right. He doesn't really know anything. I could be a mage, if knowing two staves counted! I have read all the books, I bet it's more than he's ever learned about any magic. He just happens to have some sort of a talent, or at least thinks he does. Unearned blessing, I say! It's so unfair that my hard work has not come to anything, and the harebrain dilettante gets the glory. Banishing ghosts, whoo what a big deal!   


24.10. - Knight of Cups - (U) Search for Intuitive Knowledge / (R) Passivity

Everyone is so busy. Getting us settled, building an outhouse, making firewood… who would have thought end of the world is so much work? And her… Of course, having a baby is probably a lot of work in any time, but surely all this is too much? Just relax and it will happen on its own. That's what I've read anyways. Freaking out doesn't help with anything and will only wear us all out. Speaking of which, I'm really tired… maybe I can catch a nap, if I sneak aboard the boat. No one will miss me for a while.


25.10. - Queen of Wands - (U) Energetic Mentor / (R) Misuse of Energy

I think I'm going to pass out. Does she not see that I can't keep this up? The songs and spells are one thing, but all this running… It's all right for her, she can run all night, but I can't. In fact, I can't take another step.

Yes yes, I know, you don't approve of rest. But I'm going to sit here for a second and catch my breath. If a grossling eats me while I'm at it, then so be it.

Yes, sure, we can rehearse the protection songs. As long as I can do it sitting down.

[JoB]

Still a few more...

All the better, first time I have a moment to make a guess myself ...

Spoiler: I guess, with my brain mess ... • show

23.10. the Icelandic kid Reynir has to shoo away upon his return to his hometown (adv 2 p. 41)

24.10. ... beats me. "end of the world" points to the prologue, "work" and "read" to a human, and we've had boats/ships in the Danish, Finnish, and Icelandic parts of the prologue, but no human anywhere near sneaking aboard one that I can remember ...

25.10. A magic teacher going all sorts of places on foot? Ensi. A pupil of the same definitely not made for lots of running around? Onni.

[Jitter]

JoB, good thinking. You are right on 23. close on 25 and looking in the right direction on 24

[tehta]

Spoiler: show

I think 24 is in Finland, because of the pregnancy mention. So not Aino. And we know it's not one of the in-laws, as they've been covered already. Kaino or Eino?

25 doesn't sound like Lalli to me. Hilja, assuming she was also trained by Ensi?

[Jitter]

Tehta,

24: pick one (there is grounds for who it is)
25: correct. We don’t actually know, but it seems like a reasonable assumption.

[Jitter]

Almost there!

26.10. - 4 of Wands - (U) Delight & Frivolity / (R) Overwork

This is so cool! He's a mage, and yet he's out here with us. But can foreigners be mages? At least you have to know Finnish to be able to make runos, right? Or maybe the gods and spirits understand any language? Anyways, he's so great. I want to be just like him! I'll get to see all the terrible trolls and beasts and just drive them away with my runos! Or the… what's the word? The galdrusarfrar? I wonder if Iceland really is as cool as everyone says. It must be, because they are so safe and so blessed! 


27.10. - King of Swords - (U) Patriarchal Man / (R) Changing Man

Why is everyone being so overly respectful? I hate it! It makes me feel old! Well, ok, I AM old. But still, it's not like everyone needs to talk about it, right? I want respect and expect people do what I say, but not because of my age. Because I know what should be done! Of course, I have a few wins under my belt, even if I say so myself. So, maybe it is appreciation of my knowledge rather than deferring to my age. Young people these days! No discipline. No long-term planning. Just hand-waving. They need me around.


28.10. - 8 of Cups - (U) Moving On / (R) Giving Up

Ok, ok, I'll stay close by. At least for the time being. But I have to get out to the sea, even a short distance off. If I have to sit around with these city kids one more day, I'll go crazy! No fishing, no city, no booze, no nothing! This is driving me bonkers.

Although, I guess apocalypse is hard on everyone. Maybe I shouldn't complain. At least we are all alive, so far. Good thing the granny showed up, or the kids would be doomed. I wonder if she knows how to make booze with what we have?

[dmeck7755]

Jitter,

Spoiler: show

26.10. Tuuri?

27.10. I think Ensi. or granny.. (Ensi is my first pick though)

28.10  (Gunnar?)

[Jitter]

Dmeck, 28. is correct. I definitely wanted to do him