Upd8 thread 9/12/25

the TABULA SMARAGDINA looks like a dauntingly heavy text. Be careful, you could kill an appropriately aquatic version of a cat with one of those.

sugar cubes being Satyr cocaine and the fucking gumby nymph forum war are the best thing ever

also i love cthulu-esque Rosebot and her Jesus-appropriating crown of thorns and comically large sun mask (girl wants to BE a denizen)

one of my favs so far, it has everything i love

I really love the Rose Ninph portrait<3

i really like this drawing

also i got so excited when i saw nymph gumby which is silly to me because i watched maybe one or two really old episodes of that show years and years ago. and still i went oh my god its gumby and that fuckass horse when i saw them i fear i am a simple man

so many stunning panels in this one!! also im living for the meta commentary! HS:BC team i love you forever <3

seeing lylacs visualization of rose based on everything she knows about her was Really cool and i like seeing how her mind works. plus the art was REALLY well made. loved th layering!!!

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"As above, so below" - a Hermetic saying which later got taken up by 19th century occultists. Interesting that the version on Ly'lac's tablet is close to the earlier, wordier version: "That which is above is like to that which is below, and that which is below is like to that which is above."

Really enjoying the hermeticism lore, and the panels of Ly'lac doing magic and the last panel of Rose are soooo good

re:sephic absolutely CACKLED at that part. guys. hes a satyr guys i swear i gu

re:blueberry lunascratch whats hermeticism? i know i could google a definition but i like having conversations :D

re: @wolfkitty42

To be as brief as I can be, Hermeticism is a set of religious, philosophical and scientific beliefs from which we take most of our western understanding of alchemy and astrology. It is named after the legendary figure of Hermes Trismegistus, sort of a fusion between the Greek god Hermes and the Egyptian god Thoth, and would be highly influential throughout Ancient ages, Middle Ages and the Renaissance. The scientific part of it would eventually culminate in the field of chemistry, while the religious and philosophical parts would be used as a base for the modern esoteric/occultist movement.

The Tabula Smaragdina (Latin for "Emerald Tablet") we see in Ly'lac's room is a direct reference to the main text of Hermeticism, down to the use of the original phrasing of the famous Hermetic say "as above, so below". This is one of the many nods to both Hermeticism and Thelema, an esoteric religious movement founded by the professional weirdo Aleister Crowley which does take a lot from Trismegistus' attributed writings.

While I could spend hours yapping about specific concepts in Hermeticism (and if we keep doing the references in Beyond Canon, I just might), that would probably be a lot and quite inapproachable, so I'll end here for now.

re: margot kix ohhhhh boy. thats a lot! very exciting though also! if it shows up more you should tell us about it though. im pretty sure this forum doesnt have a word limit for a reason >:)

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