gezellig-writes

[gezellig-writes]

💀🌺María Dia De Los Muertos Moodboard🌺💀

I decided to make a moodboard for the holiday!! This is my way of celebrating with you guys so I hope you like it! 💖 I’ve created an art piece that I’ll be posting after this because I don’t want this post to be too long lol. Art here

I’ve also come up with some headcanons for María’s time celebrating what I believe to be her favorite holiday.✨

• She wears/weaves cempasúchitl (Mexican marigolds) into her hair and plans her outfit around it

• Because she’s so tiny she has to stack up sturdy trunks to be able to hang her papel picados and other decor.

• Another reason María celebrates dia de muertos is to mock death. Joking and laughing and rejoicing at the fact that death did not claim her this year.

• Her “calaveritas” (she writes more than one) also feature a lot of her close calls with death but also features stories of her loved ones.

• Her ofrenda also features detailed drawings of her family members since she doesn’t have any photos of them. The only photo she has is a very old picture of her and her grandmother. She still places Pan De Muerto on her ofrenda even if she cannot eat it. She likes to buy candles with her loved ones favorite scents and places them near each loved ones picture/drawing.

• She also likes to add her loved ones favorite items near their photos/drawings to honor them. She has an old trunk stored full of their things just for this occasion, and so she never loses them. She makes a point to add a xoloitzcuintli figure so that the dead can make it back safely.

• She forms a path of cempasúchitl petals surrounded by candles leading straight to her ofrenda. She believes that the bright yellow/orange will help the dead properly make their way to the altar and the candles surrounding the path will light their way.

• She tends to sing “la llorona” (the weeping woman) sometimes when she’s feeling down. Sometimes she sings one part other times she sings the full song. She relates to certain lyrics a little more than others.

• She tends to place more than one glass of water on her ofrenda just because she feels like one isn’t enough for them and she always buys really intricate glasses to use for them.

• She loves burning copal incense. She loves the strong scent of bones that fill her nose when she lights it. She heard somewhere that they guide the dead to the feast at the altar. María also uses it during indigenous rituals to transmit her prayers and praises.

• Another reason she leaves Pan de Muerto, fruits, and some of her loved ones favorite foods is because she knows of her human family members being there but she doesn’t know if her vampire family became human again or “human like” in the afterlife and so she leaves behind what she’s learned of their favorite human foods to honor them.

• She takes the time to pray for each and every single family member that she remembers and even prays for the very few people alive that she actually cared/cares for. Praying that death will not take them next year.

• Her entire house is covered in a variety of colors, calaveras, notable famous figures, picados, candles etc.. it’s a very warming atmosphere.

• One time she took a trip to the Island of Dolls in Xochimilco just to get a firsthand experience of the place she’s heard so much about. She’s definitely found herself spooked by the island which made her experiences all the more worthwhile.

• She definitely goes back to Oaxaca to reminisce about her birthplace and upbringing. She attends parties, festivals, and such just to let go, and have fun enjoying cultural practices and entertainment.

• She visits her loved ones graves to not only clean them but to also decorate them with cempasúchitl to make them look beautiful and festive. “It’s what they deserve.” She says.

• During one bad year, María almost killed herself. Feeling so extremely lonely and depressed without her family around wondering why she had to be the only one left, why she was stuck so far away from them.. but she didn’t go through with it because she knew her death would render everything they’ve all done up to this point useless. She also thought, “who would keep honoring them on this day if she was gone??” and so she stayed.

• Inspired by the giant calaveras in Mixquic, María decided to make a big one herself and engraved all her loved ones names into it.

• Even tho they aren’t of huge significance, María likes carving and decorating little alebrijes for fun, she likes the thought of them and thinks they’re really cute.

• Her love of color always comes about tenfold during the holiday. She wears very bright, vibrant, colorful outfits that really bring out her features. Always looking her best, she loves dressing up for the occasion.

• She becomes so in tune with herself during Dia de los Muertos that even though the thought/topic of her dead family is prominent around the time, she is usually mostly happy.

• She loved painting her face and even offers to paint others faces for them, sometimes it’s just to busy herself but it’s mostly because it genuinely brings her joy to see the smile on their faces when she finishes, especially if they previously weren’t able to paint their face before.

Most of these are rituals/traditions she remembers from her human life, some of them are things she started doing over time because she thought it’d be neat to do. She has celebrated with Jasper before, he always liked her emotional state around that time and participating in the cultural practices and festivities with her. She definitely loved having him help her put up decorations, especially in higher places lol. She sometimes sends him a little alebrije figure that she carved, as a little holiday gift. María always loved celebrating because she feels much closer to her loved ones and she feels so in touch with her true self, and her culture. She knows her family is there and are looking after her, this brings her comfort and no one can take that away from her. She’s always full of anticipation whenever the holiday nears.

This was long but I really loved making this for Dia De Muertos!! I hope you guys like this!! If you have anything to add please do not hesitate to share!!! 😘✨☠️🌺💋🌹💖🌼

[gezellig-writes]

won the golden onion today and almost got hit by a car at school

[gezellig-writes]

twilight au where everyone in forks worships the golden onion

[gezellig-writes]

is it just me or

same energy

[gezellig-writes]

My dream for the election is that it’s definitive. I want a 2012-style Election Day where everyone built it up beforehand to possibly be close but then the results start rolling in and it was like “Oh, nevermind. It’s obviously Obama. Everyone go to bed.”

I just want voters to put a stake right through the heart of Trumpism so that it crumbles to ash before our eyes. That’s the dream.

[gezellig-writes]

bella in new moon

[gezellig-writes]

bro Bella punches Paul for NO REASON and i’ve never seen anyone say how fucked up that was. what the fuck

[gezellig-writes]

jacob should have gotten to punch edward at least once

[gezellig-writes]

thought it would be interesting to see how it felt to hear the outside noise with no music playing during the possibility scene…

[gezellig-writes]

@giftober 2024 | Day 15: "References"

[gezellig-writes]

yall wanna act like bella never wanted jacob why are they literally dating in new moon then? “bella, honey” “i won’t lose you. not over this” “are you breaking up with me?” “our werewolves” “my jacob” “what we had was much more than a schoolyard romance” “he shouldn’t have brought his girlfriend into this” “my sun” “i had never meant to love him” “there was nothing left in my life at this point that was more important than jacob black” “i can’t imagine how i could not like being with you” “you know i [like you]” this is literally a Romantic Couple

[gezellig-writes]

✨The seer ✨

[gezellig-writes]

TWILIGHT ( 2008 )

directed by - Catherine Hardwicke

[gezellig-writes]

Whenever Bella left the Forks area code she got into so much avoidable nonsense

[gezellig-writes]

it's me and the four people on ao3 who understand my favorite character in the exact same way against the world

[gezellig-writes]

i wish we had seen more done with the symbol of Bella Swan as the lamb. Edward got his "lion & the lamb" scene. i wish there was a point where Bella was reflecting on this with Jacob.

"the wolf & the lamb." how sick it is that the lamb always finds herself in the company of predators. how beautiful it is that the lamb has the courage & tenacity to seek them out.

"the wolf & the lamb." how wise it is that the little lamb who the lion teased for being so delicate uses her softness to cozy up to the warmth of yet another natural-born predator.

"the wolf & the lamb." the lamb has left the flock only to be abandoned by the pride; now, here is the lamb running with the pack as if her claws are just as sharp & her canines sink just as deep.

here is Bella Swan, the "wolf in lamb's clothing."

[gezellig-writes]

Anyway, I don’t just bring this up when I talk about Twilight, but I do bring it up every time I talk about Twilight:

Reminder that the Quileute tribe, whose sacred stories made author Stephanie Meyer a multi-millionaire, never received any money from the enormous success of the Twilight books or films.

Their entire community is located in a Tsunami disaster zone, in a region where a world-changing earthquake and tsunami are expected to hit perhaps within our lifetimes.

They should be set for life financially based on the use of their stories in Twilight. Instead, they have to publicly raise funds to move to higher ground and have been raising the same funds for years.

Anyone is encouraged to donate, but if you have personally purchased a physical or digital copy of any Twilight media or Twilight merchandise, I recommend matching the purchase with an equal donation to the Quileute People.

Recently, they successfully moved their school to higher ground! It was a major accomplishment to ensure Quileute children can learn in a safe environment! But there is still much to be done .

Statement from the Tribe (link to the source):

“Living in a tsunami zone at the edge of the Pacific Ocean, a catastrophic earthquake can wipe out our community in less than 10 minutes – an entire generation of the Quileute people will cease to exist.”

You can even set up a monthly donation. I don’t have much, but I’ve had a small monthly donation coming out of my PayPal for a few years now.

Many people don’t realize that the tribe didn’t profit off of Twilight, so I mention it whenever I bring up the series!

If you want to read more about how Twilight impacted the Quileute People, check out “The Truth vs. Twilight.”