#🍎 — golden apples

[twistedappletree]

jiang cheng is a black cat girlfriend, i will not be taking questions at this time

[kissingarthurclaus]

Guyssss I think I really love Sportacus....😭😭😭

[athenepromachos]

Temptation....... 🍎

(BBBeto on Deviantart)

[rod00dles]

He loves his little Golden Apple. 📻🍎

[merquplex]

the golden apple 🍎 🎀

closeup:

[seafoamaphrodite]

Aphrodite symbols and meanings

🕊️ the dove is a symbol of love and peace, often associated with Aphrodite’s more feminine and maternal side

🐚 ocean imagery like shells, seafoam, and coral are associated with Aphrodite because of her birth story in Greek mythology, and symbolizes rebirth

🌹 roses are associated with love, beauty, and passion

🌿 myrtle was often found in Greek temples, and represents love

🐬 a rarer association, again stemming from her seafoam birth as well as dolphins’ affectionate nature

🍎 apples, particularly golden, due to the myth of the golden apple

🐝 associated with fertility, feminine energy, and sweetness

🦢 swans symbolize beauty, grace, elegance, and femininity (my fav)

🦪 pearls are associated with Aphrodite because of the aphrodisiac nature of oysters, as well as her general shell relation

❤️ obviously hearts represent love, and are often associated with the love goddess as a result

[mis3rabl3m3lody]

OOH OOH OOH!! I got a couple Layton OCs(NOT self shipping related!)I'm hyperfixating on atm that I haven't posted about yet so THIS IS MY CHANCE!!

This girlie is an OC I made for this Flora story concept I'm working on! Her name is Francesca Wong, but she prefers to be called Fran!

Fran is an ace lesbian on the autism spectrum! In this story, Flora attends university and meets Fran, who attends the same robotics class as Flora and is often her lab partner in class projects. The girls quickly bond over their shared passion for robotics, and soon become an unstoppable duo(who may or may not develop feelings for each other in the future.👀) Electronics are Fran's passion, specifically electronic toys are her favorite thing to make and tinker with. Fran has her own toy boombox music player that she regularly upgrades so that she can add more songs to the music player's system at her leisure.(She also loves music btw😊) Fran isn't very skilled at conveying her emotions and always speaks in a deadpan, almost sarcastic tone, so she'll often come of as standoffish, reserved or even cold. Not many people at uni dare to approach her, as she always seems to have this upturned sneer on her face, but that's just her resting face. She may not know how to outwardly express it, but Fran loves what she does and she loves sharing what she loves with others.

To a majority of people, Fran is very hard to read most of the time due to her minimal facial expressions. In the beginning, Flora had trouble holding a conversation with the other girl since Fran isn't really one for small talk(or talk in general, especially when she focused hard on a task lol💀😅) and often times, Flora couldn't really tell if Fran was being sarcastic or if her words were sincere. But once they got to know each other a bit better, it got easier for Flora to understand what Fran was feeling. If she was excited, frustrated, nervous, disappointed, she would automatically pick up on it. Overall, they enjoy spending time with each other as they trek through their academic journey together. Flora is glad to have a friend who appreciates her and makes her feel wanted, and Fran is glad to finally have someone who actually listens to her and at least tries to understand her without being condescending about it.

That's most of the info I have on Fran so far! This story idea is still a WIP and I'd love to write it out and flesh out Fran and her relationship with Flora further someday!❤🍎🎀💜⚙👒

I’m feeling bored this evening sooooo, you got any ocs?

Do I have OCs? Yes, and I also have a bit of a world for them build in my head, though I never really shared any of them online.

But, since you asked this to a Layton blog I suppose you mean if I have any Layton ocs, and no, unfortunately not. I always love to hear about others people OCs though. Yes this is an open invitation to tell me about your Layton OCs in my notes.

[chimsartblog]

Wanted golden apples 🍎

[cravefoodie]

Cinnamon Apple Crisp 🍏🍎

Ingredients:

For the Apple Filling:

6 cups sliced apples (about 6 medium apples, peeled and cored)

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1/4 cup brown sugar

2 tbsp all-purpose flour

1 tsp ground cinnamon

1/4 tsp nutmeg

1 tbsp lemon juice

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

For the Topping:

1 cup old-fashioned oats

3/4 cup all-purpose flour

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/4 tsp salt

Directions:

Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C) and grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.

In a large bowl, combine the sliced apples, granulated sugar, brown sugar, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, lemon juice, and vanilla extract. Mix well until the apples are evenly coated.

Transfer the apple mixture into the prepared baking dish and spread it out evenly.

In a separate bowl, combine the oats, flour, brown sugar, melted butter, cinnamon, and salt. Stir until the mixture forms a crumbly texture.

Sprinkle the oat topping evenly over the apple mixture.

Bake in the preheated oven for 40-45 minutes, or until the topping is golden and the apples are tender.

Allow the apple crisp to cool for a few minutes before serving. Enjoy warm, with a scoop of vanilla ice cream if desired.

Servings: 8 servings

[twistedappletree]

Lan Jingyi constantly making fun of Jin Ling for being short but every time Lan Sizhui greets him after they haven’t seen each other in a while, he says “Young Master Jin! You’ve gotten taller!” and it makes JL so happy and confident that he starts strutting around everywhere like a true Jin peacock 🦚💛

[eyesoftheender]

Sounds like a You problem 🙄 /j/j/j

The thing nobody warns you about modded minecraft is that sometimes when ur exploring massive catacombs some zombie spawns in with a backpack that just so happens to have a music disk in it with the most terrifying part 2 of disk 11. If I coildn't tell it was directional and wasn't just something playing inside my character's ears I would have shit and cried myself to sleep. On the spot.

[dnpanimationstudioclone]

Meet Lucifer!⭐️✨

Meet my take on Lucifer! The Big Boss of Hell himself!

Adapted a lot from his old look into here! I always liked the theme they went for with Lucifer, Circus ringmaster 🎪 !

Made him more snake like, allude to the animal he tempted Eve as. Also made him puppet like his Daughter, with the mouth, cheeks and joint lines! Lucifer def gives off muppet vibes to me. Perhaps connect to how he lowkey felt like a puppet/toy to Heaven that now wants control of his life(Pinocchio becoming real boy)🐍🌳🍎. Apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.

Pushed the star motif more ⭐️✨ Like with the buttons, bow tie and extra sparkle ✨ he’s MorningSTAR afterall! And was once part of the great skies of Heaven as a Seraphim(or atleats high ranked Angel)! Still wants to shine! ✨

Gave him a cape which is actually his wings. That may have gotten a bit burned from his fall. Fun fact seraphim are suppose to be red to symbolize fire, so I kept some of that color 🪽🔥

I really digged Lucifers Full demon form elements, like the epaulette shoulders, bow tie eye and overall demonic energy.

Made his hair more gray(actually seraphim face wings that were damaged) look like sideburns.

Reworked his apple cane into a red Ruby with a golden snake wrapped around it! 🐍🍎 show off that King of Hell status 👑

Made his hat snake’s head more snake like(kept the lines so people like Al could make jokes about it still being lowkey worm like)🐍🪱 also added some gold to the brim!

DAD BOD!!!!!!!!!! Like my Stolas 🌙

Added gold plating at the ends of his boots!

Made his vest black & red and also added gold trim for his collar!

Decorated his bow tie with a pentagram and eye gem! 💎⭐️

What do u think? I’d love to know💖

Also created his Daughter along with her friends and love Lilith, he still wears the ring too 💍 🌈🌙

Also done the Vees & even Mimzy

[annathefenecfox]

Symbolism of the Smiling Critters' necklaces.

☀️Sun☀ The sun represents vitality, passion, courage and eternal youth. It symbolizes knowledge, intelligence. As the brightest of all celestial bodies, the Sun is a symbol of royal greatness and imperial splendor, and in most traditions the Sun is a symbol of masculinity. The sun is often represented as the son of the supreme god, and sometimes symbolizes his gaze or his radiant love. The sun is the "world door", the entrance to knowledge and immortality.

🌘Crescent🌘 Its origin can be traced back to ancient civilizations such as the Sumerians, who used it as a symbol of the moon god Nanna. In some cultures, it is believed that it represents the passage of time or the change of phases of life. In others, it is a symbol of fertility and the changing seasons. Regardless of interpretation, the crescent symbol remains a constant reminder of the cyclical nature of life, which is constantly changing and in constant motion.

🌈Rainbow and flower🌸 The rainbow symbolizes transfiguration, heavenly glory, the throne of the god of Heaven, the meeting of Heaven with Earth, the bridge or the border between the worlds. In many cultures, it was a sign of God's infinite mercy and his love for people. The heavenly serpent is also associated with the rainbow, as it can also be a bridge between two worlds.

Flowers blooming in many colors and shapes symbolize beauty, fragility and transience. Their ephemeral nature embodies the fleeting beauty and cyclical nature of life, embodying birth, growth, reproduction and decay. Each type and color has its own symbolism.

💡Light bulb💡 The light bulb symbolizes the vitality and energy of life. Symbolism Meaning In general, a light bulb is a powerful symbol representing many important ideas and concepts. It is a reminder of our ability to create, innovate and understand the world around us. The invention of the light bulb by Thomas Edison in 1879 had a profound cultural impact on our world.

⚡Lightning⚡ Lightning represents spiritual enlightenment, enlightenment, revelation, the descent of power, the unexpected embodiment of truth, breaking through time and space, the eternal now, the destruction of ignorance, fertilization, sustenance, masculine strength. Like the rays of the sun, lightning is considered both beneficial and destructive. So was Achilles' spear, capable of inflicting wounds and healing. Lightning is associated with all the gods of storms and thunderstorms.

♥️Heart♥ The heart is a symbolic source of experiences - love, compassion, responsiveness, joy or grief, but also a source of spiritual enlightenment, truth and intelligence. It was often equated with the soul. Many ancient cultures did not distinguish between feelings and thoughts. A man who "lets his heart rule his head" was considered more reasonable than stupid. Symbolically, the heart was the sun for the body, animating everything.

🍎Apple🍎 The apple, as a symbol, means fertility, love, joy, knowledge, wisdom, deification and luxury, but at the same time, deception and death. The apple was a forbidden fruit of the Golden Age. Being round, it represents integrity and unity and is opposed to a pomegranate consisting of many grains. As the fruit of the Tree, the apple also symbolizes immortality. And to offer an apple is to make a declaration of love.

⭐Star⭐ In many cultures, stars are considered a symbol of hope, truth, and guidance. They can represent the inner light within each of us, leading us to our true life path. The shape of the star is also often associated with divinity, as seen in the Star of David and the symbols of the Star and Crescent.

(I hope that you will like it, after all, this topic is interesting to me. Plus, write what else I can find symbols for)

[audreyscribes]

Ω PJO DEMIGOD HEADCANONS: 🍎ERIS: GODDESS OF STRIFE AND DISCORD 😈

Hi everyone! Here's something I've been cooking up in the background. This came about whilst I was working on the other previous works and it just sort of happened. Hope you guys like it!! Again, these works will be categorised as the MISCELLANEOUS GODS due to not the fact these gods are minor or anything, but because I did mention this in an ask before and it's easier to think about due to the canon PJO worldbuilding. These works will be a bit more loose since I'm taking a shot in the wild so hopefully you guys like it. Thanks for reading!!

When you get claimed, it’s, unironically, utter chaos. People are scrambling away and elsewhere. When you had first arrived initially, things around at camp had been slowly dissolving into chaos; mishaps, increased arguments and fighting, yelling, strange accidents, etc. At one point, you noticed the clouds looked like cotton candy (you see several pegasus flying upwards and are physically chewing on them), with what looked like to be chocolate milk raining down from them. So when you get claimed with the floating symbol of Eris, a golden apple of Discord, you all realise that was just the preview. Things that should not be and could not happen are happening, and you’re the centre of the storm, completely unaffected like a mysterious barrier of immunity.

It’s only mitigated when a demigod who came to camp with you, got claimed. In the midst of the chaos, you all looked as you saw a floating claim of two Cornucopias. And in a similar manner like you, like a switch had been flipped, the discord stopped and everything was back in perfect harmony. You see Mr. D look at you and the other child before he downs his diet coke before crushing it with a curse before tossing it at the nearest Satyr’s mouth. 

Oh boi, how it feels to be the child of the god that was responsible for what started the Trojan war. Everyone looks at you and wonders if your presence here means that you’ll spark the next Trojan War. 

The Aphrodite and Athena cabins (and the Hera cabin) steer clear away from you in the beginning due to the whole thing with Paris and the three goddesses. 

Eris herself causes trouble and strife wherever she goes, so it was for that reason she didn’t get invited to Thetis and Peleus’ wedding, and in retaliation threw the golden apple which caused the three goddesses to go to Paris and set in motion the Trojan War. On that principle, you cause trouble in your wake and it’s just part of the course. It doesn’t have to be something deliberate, but it can be just you accidentally bumping your hip against a table, which causes a person to accidentally knock off their drink and it spills onto a child of Ares, and it goes from there. So you either get in trouble or start it: you might even consider stirring the pot or spilling the tea as you will. 

On premise, you start things; whether by sheer proximity or deliberately, mostly for fun. Whether it's encouraging the pranks of a child of Hermes or causing arguments for the sake of arguing. 

In fact, when you were first put into the Hermes cabin, people thought you were a child of Hermes given your mischievous and chaotic nature, and the numerous pranks that you concocted. 

Shenanigans galore. 

You are chaos incarnate. Almost quite literally. Not Chaos the primordial himself but the cause of chaos to be exact. In fact, you know the D&D alignment where there is Lawful, Neutral, and Chaotic?Just as all children of Harmonia fall under Lawfuls,  all children of Eris fall under one of the Chaotic alignments: Chaotic Good, Chaotic Neutral, Chaotic Evil. 

A weird quirk you inherited is carving into apples. Whether it's writing words into its flesh or just straight up carving into it like its pseudo jack-o-lantern. At one point, you sort of learn how to peel the skin into words. Now only if the satyrs stopped eating the peels as you’re peeling them. 

The Chaos Theory, the Butterfly effect… Those are all things that are part of your power as a child of Eris. You can cause things to happen in a disastrous way which is useful in a quick get-away, getting yourself out of a pickle, or simply putting things into motion. In fact, you could almost see the chaos unfold before it even happens, that is almost seemingly strategic like a child of Athena; except there’s always a side of chaos and unpredictability.

People often equate Eris’s strife as negative, but that’s not true. It is necessary. You may be seen encouraging the rivalry between two individuals, egging them on, but in the end, you’ve been pushing the other to be better and to stand above the other and make a name for themselves.  When things come to a stale-mate and impasses, you are able to rouse your fellow comrades with fire and egg on your enemies to make a mistake. 

No one knows how and the children of Hecate equate your abilities to a specific use of magic, due to the nature of Eris’ discord. If you tap into the ‘chaotic’ nature side of Discord, you can perform eccentric magic that seems almost mischievous and trickster-like; like unseelie court fairy magic. Like spinning gold from hay. Like Maleficent in the story of Sleeping Beauty. You can also pull out some looney-tunes and general cartoony logic out of thin air; enjoying pull off some bugs bunny or Wild E. Coyote shenanigans. So sit back and watch the show unfold before you.

People will inevitably start pushing you away for the child of Harmonia that was claimed alongside you; given who your respective godly parents are. You’ll feel jealous and hate but don’t hold it against them too much. Just as they bring calmness and harmony to your discord and strife, bringing you some sense of peace to your chaotic life, you help break their monotone and boring life, giving them motivation and energy.

Being claimed by Eris as her kid suddenly made sense in your life. While general discord and chaos was part of your life, you always had thought it was just how you were; causing general mischief here and there with Benny Hill theme playing in the background. Now? It was like living in a Looney-tunes cartoon life which was fabulous. 

You weren’t entirely shamed for being a child of Eris but it was starting to irate your nerves when people were contributing all the misfortune and discord happening around camp, especially since it has only increased tenfold since you were claimed. You had assumed it was just because your general energy being a child of Eris, but as you saw domino effects happening that were originating not because of you and the casualties were becoming concerning, you had a sneaking suspicion it wasn’t because all you. 

And especially when the children of Hecate, Nemesis, and Tyche start saying that it’s not just because of you-

 It all comes to a point when you get slammed in the face by a flying pig squealing as it goes past. You’re seeing stars before you blink and then you see what looks like vapor trails pulsing as they wind and wrap around. You’re confused but as you follow the vapor trails, you see certain directions the vapor trails begin and end. 

A memory pops in your brain when you and the child of Harmonia found a place and time secluded enough to catch up, since the campers seem keen on keeping you separate. You remember listening to the child of Harmonia talk about their power, how they could sense things weren’t in harmony like they were tangible and they could be smoothed back over. 

You then start to wonder if that’s your version, seeing the time lapse version of how bits of chaos were happening. You rake your eyes all over, taking it all in until you see what looks like a bundle of tangled trails. You follow it as it gets thicker and thicker and your eyes fall upon the said-child of Harmonia, who looks frantic as they look they’re orchestrating with their hands, detangling and smoothing over their tangled trails while also smoothing others. You can see the others being fixed but theirs? It doesn’t seem like it made even a dent. 

Then you see it. The trails tangled and wrapping around their neck but specifically the source of it all; the necklace they wore; one they had for as long as they could remember-

You rush over as the necklace seems to tug and the child of Harmonia lurches to that direction by force, their body knocking into a child of Hephaestus, their latest invention clearly fizzing and seizuring before it seems to go haywire, spraying its function as it sends a domino effect as it all goes toward the child of Harmonia . Everyone is either hitting the decks or running out to save themselves as doom headed towards the Harmonia demigod. 

“LOOK OUT!” you yelled as you rushed over, using the energy of discord and strife, jumping off an arguing child of Ares’ back as you flew towards your friend. You find the vapor trails and grab it, tugging towards the incoming doom and you begin your own orchestration, causing effects to redirect everything AWAY from everyone and your friend. You’re all surrounded by fire and chaos but everyone is in one piece and okay. You turned to the child of Harmonia who looks at you with awe and fear. Their hands gripping the necklace, as you can clearly see them trying to pull it off. 

“What’s going on here?” you all heard as Chiron and Mr. D rush over; the latter’s expression was unusual and was making everyone uneasy. 

“It was the child of Eris! They’ve been causing all this trouble-” one blamed.

“HEY!” you yelled back offended. 

“Come on, it was that child of Harmonia; you all saw them bump into the Hephaestus kid-” another yelled to your defense. 

“They’re the child of Harmonia, how’s that even remotely possible-” another yelled. The yelling begun to grow and grow as people were taking either sides and Chiron was now faced with dealing an angry crowd-

“Everyone stop! It wasn’t them!” yelled the child of Harmonia, soothing over everyone’s angry energy. They all turned to them who had a deer in headlights look, “It…It was me-”

“But that isn’t possible-” someone said but the Harmonia demigod cut them off. “No, it is. I cause this but-” 

“But what, child?” asked Chiron gently. 

You saw the child of Harmonia try to take off the necklace but as if it had a will of its own, it tug itself back out of their grip. The discord energy you could see around it was growing and you spoke. “It’s the necklace isn’t it?” you asked softly, putting a gentle hand on their hands, making them unwrap their death-gripped fingers. You were also pulling away the energy to re-direct it, but you also knew at that moment that necklace was cursed.

The child of Harmonia looked at you with wide-eyes and nodded. You all heard a deep instake of breath and you turned to see Mr. D with wide eyes. “The Necklace of Harmonia” he said. 

There was a ripple of unease as people took a step back away from you two. “What?” you asked confused before Chiron made a grim face. “You two come with me. All cabin leaders come with me to the Big House.”

There side by side, both you and the child of Harmonia were told about the curse of the necklace of Harmonia, and it was clear that your dual appearance wasn’t just a coincidence, and you were there, a child of Eris, for a reason to your counterpart, the child of Harmonia. 

[zigadoodle]

I have a headcanon that Odysseus does not like apples because a golden apple is what started the Trojan war in the first place 🍎

[robinnsblog]

✨The meaning behind the tapestry✨

First of all, the changing tapestry in Elise’s home is probably based on one of the seven tapestries that make up The Unicorn Tapestries/Hunt of the Unicorn.

The resemblance, as you can see, is uncanny.

Unlike the original tapestry, however, the unicorn is not being hunted and then later trapped. It doesn’t surrender itself to a virgin maiden either, unicorn and lady being one and the same, and she (the unicorn lady) has already been contained in the garden.

But the connection between the tapestry and the one found at Elise’s home doesn’t stop at that. It’s curious to note that one of the interpretations of The Hunt of the Unicorn is an allegory of marriage (according to Wikipedia, at least), and then we have the hunter trying to propose to the unicorn lady in the other one.

Either because he didn’t take well the rejection, or because he wasn’t aware that the lady and the unicorn were one and the same, the story takes a tragic end. The fact that she’s crying while she rejects him and that she’s always found crying in her unicorn form, adds to the tragedy: she could have reciprocated his love, but thought that her being an unicorn made their relationship impossible.

But there is something interesting and that isn’t present in the original tapestry: the apple.

A single apple is hanging on the tree until the hunter shots the unicorn, in which it begins to topple. Later, it’s on the ground, next to the dying lady, and someone has taken a bite out of it. And in the last tapestry, there is almost nothing left.

An apple has plenty of symbolisms, it can mean love, knowledge, wisdom, joy, death (there is plenty of it here) and/or luxury. However, an apple has appeared before in the universe of Little Goody Two Shoes (Pocket Mirror) and it might have a different meaning…

It’s hard to tell who is offering it to who:

It’s either the demon to Elise, the apple symbolizing the wish/promise. That it later has a bite but is on the ground, might signify that even if Elise accepted the deal, she later refused to fulfill their agreement by not giving Goldia to the demon.

Or Elise to the demon, and it symbolizes the Gifts or the payment she owed him.

Either way, their relationship went down in flames. Nonetheless, I can’t overlook the subtle resemblance between the hunter and the form the demon took in Elise’s past.

Maybe the meaning behind the tapestry relates to our dear Strange Boy? A secret backstory? Maybe he surrounds himself with Golden Maidens to fulfill the void left in his heart? Maybe that’s why he requires you to sacrifice your love as a Gift — since his own didn’t come to fruition, neither will yours?

Or well, the meaning could be more straightforward: young love ending in tragedy over a misunderstanding, foreshadowing Elise’s poor choices if she realizes too late the fate of the Good Company.

Food for thought, anyway. 🍎