#About Aralez

[aralezinspace]

was tagged by @gabessquishytum

Were you named after anyone?

Nope. My aunt was going to use my name for my cousin, but didn't like how it sounded with his last name so she let my mom have it xD

Do you have kids?

Nope. Possibly in the future

Do you use sarcasm a lot?

Oh yes, when the occasion calls for it xD

What's the first thing you notice about people?

Vibes/mood, like if they seem happy sad angry tired distracted etc. If it's just in passing, probably if they're wearing anything cool

What's your eye colour?

Brown :P

Scary movie or happy ending?

Both? Both. Depends what kind of mood I'm in tbh. also love scary movies with happy endings

Any special talents?

I swordfight xD also an actor

What are your hobbies?

OH god so many: theatre, dance (mostly ballet), crocheting, reading and writing fic, video games (mostly pokemon and assassin's creed), reading in general... I"m sure there are more xD

Have any pets?

One, a miniature lionhead rabbit named Chewbacca Eliza Hamilbun. She's a brat and I love her.

What sport do you play/have you played?

I played volleyball all through high school and did martial arts for 10 years (I have a black belt in tae kwon do)

How tall are you?

5'5''

Favourite subject at school?

History and music/theatre classes

Dream job?

Acting, hands down. Movies, TV, theatre, all of it.

Tagging with zero pressure: @chromehoplite @honeybeezgobzzzzz @7-wonders@dotieeee@roguelov@delta-pavonis@teejaystumbles @lecalcifer @bitteraristocrat@demonicspiracle

[aralezinspace]

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Current Obsession: The Sandman specially Morpheus, space, working on getting more comfortable in my pointe shoes 🩰

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i was tagged by @themotherofhorses and @happilyhertale (ily guys 😘)

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current show: the last kingdom (rewatching)

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[yeehawpim]

Your comics are cool. Have you seen the dog spirit aralez? I think you would like it. It’s an old Armenian myth. I grew up hearing stories about them and ara mountain. They’re spirits that take the shape of winged dogs, descending onto the battlefield to revive fallen and injured soldiers by licking their faces.

They appear in the story of ara the beautiful. The story of ara the beautiful goes like this. Well, there’s tons of different versions, but I was raised with this one.

Ara the beautiful was an Armenian king, who was prettier than all others. The queen shamiram fell in love with him, but he refused her advances. In retaliation, she rallied her troops against Armenia. She won the battle, but ara died in battle. Shamiram was devastated. Shamiram brought ara up the mountain (later named ara’s mountain) for him to be revived by the aralez, but they never came. But shamiram didn’t want any more war with Armenia, and knew they’d want to avenge their leader. So she disguised her lover as ara, and told the Armenians that he’d been brought back to life, avoiding the war.

Something about the story reminds me of your comics. In a good way. The tragedy of ara dying for the simple reason that he didn’t love shamiram. The tragedy of shamiram accidentally causing the death of the one person she wanted alive. The tragedy of the spirits choosing not to come. The ending, which is bittersweet: a war is avoided, through deception. Or maybe it’s just something about flying dogs. Whatever it is, it’s wonderful, and reminds me of your art.I hope you have a wonderful day.

I've never heard of this story and I like it a lot, thank you for sharing it. I have some old stories lined up for we go together, but I might do some research into this and draw it sometime in the future! I'm really flattered you think something this interesting has the same vibe as my stuff

I hope you have a good day too!!

[starstruckxstray]

Ooc: *Reading about Aralez, the Armenian winged canines who can heal fallen warriors*

Me: What if Kero was a--

[kiatheinsomniac]

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ 𝐕𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐍𝐄'𝐒 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐂𝐇-𝐔𝐏!*˚ .♡⋆ˊˎ -

𓆩♡𓆪 𝐒𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄!

❝For the valentines matchup! Aralez, non-binary bisexual, they/them, Taurus, INFJ. assassin’s creed or HOTD! I’m a semi professional actor, with my wheelhouse being mostly Shakespeare and stage combat, fave is sword fighting. I do ballet and have a black belt in tae kwon do; hobbies also include crochet, reading/writing, and music I’m very energetic, sharing/giving, strong willed, ADHD Galaxy brain, also narcoleptic (professional sleepyhead) xD lot of magpie kike tendencies, I like to try/collect/do a little bit of everything, also love shiny things especially crystals and jewelry. Thank you for doing this!❞ @aralezinspace

ੈ♡˳ 𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐎 𝐖𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐁𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐕𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐄!

♡ I can absolutely see your acting being what initially catches Arno'a attention. The man might be an Assassin capable of immense violence but he's still a lover of the arts at his heart.

♡ he really admires your balance between elegance and grace as opposed to strength and chaos; the ballet and tae kwon do, the quiet hobbies like crochet and reading vs your high energy levels. You have an element of both balance and unpredictability to you that he likes a lot.

♡ in order to get a little closer to you so that you'd feel comfortable enough to accept his proposal of a date, he offered to coach you some more in stage combat techniques, using his knowledge of actual combat and inviting you to the training room above the café-theatre

ੈ♡˳ 𝐌𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐈𝐓 𝐀 𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄?

♡ Arno takes you to a market! He knows you like to collect little trinkets and such so he thought it would be perfect! He'll insist on buying everything for you and if you start to worry about him spending such money on you then he'll just buy them once you're distracted at another stall~

♡ he really likes seeing you fill your hands with shiny bits of jewellery and crystals until they're spilling through your fingers as you hand them over to the vendor. He also makes sure to point out pieces that he thinks will be to your taste and the two of you grab some snacks from some food stalls too.

♡ should you start to feel sleepy, you'll return to his home where he has afternoon tea set up for you and you can have a more slow-paced date cuddled up and reading Shakespeare.

𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐄𝐒: acting and stage combat sounds so cool omg!! hope you enjoyed taking part in my valentine's event!

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[arthurdrakoni]

Residents of Proserpina Park is a fun and entertaining edutainment audio drama that teaches listeners about creatures from World Mythology and Folklore. This is my review.

Do you love mythology and folklore? Do you enjoy learning about mythical creatures in a fun and entertaining way? Do you like audio fiction? Well, then allow me to introduce you to @proserpinapark

Residents of Proserpina Park begins with a frame story. It begins with our unarmed narrator listening to some recordings that her brother gave her. They're made by a young woman named Alina, who is investigating rumors of a mysterious secret park, known as Proserpina Park. It's part of an assignment for journalism class. Alina found more than she bargained for. Turns out, Proserpina Park is a sanctuary for all the mythical creatures from across World Mythology and Folklore. Fortunately, she's not exploring the park alone. Alina meets a guy named Sam, who is something of a park resident himself. Each episode sees Alina learn more about the various creatures who call Proserpina Park their home.

I'd argue that, in many ways, Residents of Proserpina Park is an edutainment show. It sets out to tach listeners about different mythological creatures in a fun and entertaining way. Most episodes follow roughly same format; Alina will arrive at the park, meet Sam, and then Sam will tell her about a new creature, and explain the creature's origins and mythological significance. Usually, the recordings end right before Alina and Sam go to actually see the creature in question. Though, later episodes do shake up the format a bit. Alina starts exploring the park on her own, and bringing friends along, something Sam tells her she must never do. Some creatures, particularly the ones with human-level intelligence, do also make on-screen, for lack of a better way of putting it, appearances.

You get familiar creatures such as kappa or the Jersey Devil. However, you also get lesser known and more off the beating path creatures. For example, there’s the Aralez from Armenian Mythology. They're large dogs with feathery wings, and can heal people simply by licking them. There’s also the Bulgae. They're dogs from Korean Mythology who chase the sun and moon across the sky. When one of them bites the sun, it causes an eclipse.

Season 1 was absolutely fantastic. Episodes are typically about eleven or twelve minutes, so season one is easily bingeable. And I would strongly advise you to do so as quickly as possible if you haven't already.

Have to listened to Residents of Proserpina Park? If so, what did you think?

Link to the full review on my blog as always:

https://drakoniandgriffalco.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-audio-file-residents-of-proserpina.html?m=1

[limerencefic]

(Couldn’t resist bothering these two again) xD

For both Seb and Ciel: 86, 95, and 98

~~Aralez

86. Do you dive right into sex, or converse first?

I like to take my time. Let them warm up to my voice before they tremble at the sound of it. I wouldn't want to push anyone past their boundaries.

— Sebastian Michaelis

Converse first, but not with words. I feel the soft flutter of lashes, the bite of a glossy, plump bottom lip and a come fuck me stare speaks volumes. 

- Ciel Phantomhive

95. What's your kink?

You've wandered down into my basement, haven't you little dove?

— Sebastian Michaelis

Toying with alphas. Driving them to madness, so that all they can think about is the bunch of soiled lace they keep fingering in their pocket, wishing it was me instead. 

- Ciel Phantomhive

98. How romantic are you during sex?

What is romance but a twist of a knife and a bundle if rosebud blood? I can do all of these things for you. Screaming will cost you extra.

— Sebastian Michaelis

I’m Bronte’s Wuthering Heights, Poe’s Annabel Lee, de Sade’s 120 Days, Conrad’s Heart of Darkness.  

- Ciel Phantomhive

[drabbles-of-writing]

Storybook au? You caught my attention! And I wanted to ask what about my man Barcus? Maybe he's like, a mute werewolf? Or a Aralez dog? I don't know I just thought that it would make sense for him to be a werewolf ^^

Also an idea I got was if Viney was like, a decendant of a shapeshifter, but only could shape shift into 2 forms, a satyr deer form and a centaur deer form, just ideas!

Nobody knows what the hell Barcus is but the current running theory is that he was a human transformed into a dog. He refuses to say bc he finds the entire thing absolutely hilarious and he just stares blankly at any theory given to him. he sneaks in messages between the monsters & the castle bc he can easily play off as a weird looking dog

[hemipenal-system]

got a reply abt the armenian aralez, and that is actually perfect. that is what i was talking about

art by GaudiBuendia

im always posting abt hellhounds but are there heavenhounds? i feel like there should also be representation for big fluffy mfs with angel wings who won’t fuck you but will snuggle and their fur smells faintly like incense

[afoolandathief]

All the first lines tag

Tagged by @author-a-holmes, thank you Ari!

How to Play: Share the first line from each chapter of your current Work In Progress.

Something Wicked spoilers below the cut (although some of these sections will be cut in my latest draft)

Open tag on this one!

CHAPTER I

It was a quarter to eight when Jade heard a rapping on her screen door.

CHAPTER II

The worst thing about an unattended death in a sweltering city had to be the smell, Kenneth Brooks thought to himself.

CHAPTER III

In his six-hundred-and-seventeenth year of being on this earth, Casimir Jozef Mraz had come to a realization.

CHAPTER IV

Jade had always been good with numbers.

CHAPTER V

Caz was having the most wonderful of dreams.

CHAPTER VI

Jade had gotten herself lost in a thought, again.

CHAPTER VII

421. 425. Unconscious female. Either late teens or early twenties. Callers are reporting a head injury.

CHAPTER VIII

John. Lincoln. King. Seven. One. Six.

CHAPTER IX

��Well, isn’t this grand?”

[This is where you can tell rewrites stop]

VAMPIRE FOR HIRE

Caz flew over the garishly lit skyline, taking in the technicolor view for a moment.

THEORIS MYRINA

By day, the Apothecarie, located in North Las Vegas, offered a variety of crystals, herbal pulstices, and “genuine love potions” that would let a visitor return home saying they did something a bit different than the usual Vegas scene.

THE CASINO

Jade had been kicked out of several casinos over the last few years.

ROAD TRIP

Jade tried to focus on the star pattern laid out before her, willing a vision to come to her. The only thing that appeared was one all too familiar. A burst of light, and heat, all-encompassing heat.

THE CLERK’S OFFICE

“This doesn’t make any sense.”

THE ROCK GIANTS

Jade pulled up outside Caz’s condo to see him exiting with a suitcase and a cooler.

MIRAGES AND MEMORIES

Caz crashed as soon as he got home, sleeping in until almost 10 p.m. After a late breakfast he stepped onto his balcony. A popping noise echoed through the night and a small bat appeared in his place, flitting into the dark sky.

GOOD OL’ BOYS

Sydney Arravich was waiting for the shitty hospital food as he flipped through channels on the minuscule television in the corner.

HENBANE AND ROSE PETALS

Jade pulled up to the ranch house. A metal windmill and green barn sat in the background. A strikingly all-black rooster with iridescent plumage strolled through the yard.

THE NIGHT CLUB

Jade parked her car on the street and walked awkwardly up to the club. Caz was waiting out front in his usual ensemble.

THE STAKEOUT

Lila and Caz waited underneath the canopy at the camp. It was fortunately a moonless night, with the only light coming from Lila’s phone as she skipped through songs on a playlist.

VICES

Caz practically crawled his way home, budging his way through the French doors on his balcony and passing out on the coach.

THE HEALER MIX

Jade tossed the dice. A three and a four.

THE ARALEZ

The Apothecarie drew its fair share of tourists. While not the usual appeal of Vegas, the city offered the alternative types their tarot cards, crystals and various herbs and incense. Ember was always glad when he could flip the sign to close and get back to his book.

RETURN OF THE PRINCE

Jade was crossing the campus on her way to TA a class when she stopped suddenly, staring at a palm tree.

THE HAG AND THE BLOODSUCKER

Kobalos Katsaros had seen quite a few horrifying things in coming to discover who his father was. But even he knew to avoid the tunnels under Sandhill.

THE FIRES OF MOUNT PYROSIS

Jade tapped her hands on the booth’s table.

CAZ AND BROOKS

Brooks parked at the playground near a grove of trees and a wastebasket overflowing with cigarette butts and beer cans.

THANKSGIVING

Jade was still at the poker table when Ruby came up to her. She barely glanced up.

BLACK FRIDAY

While he had gone to bed satisfied, Caz woke up in the middle of the afternoon to some discomfort. The vomiting had left him dehydrated and the pint of blood hadn’t been enough. Stretching and smacking his cottony mouth, he threw on his robe and headed to the kitchen.

FATHER’S DAUGHTER

Brooks sat down at the bar and ordered a drink when he saw a dark-haired woman approach him.

THE RESCUE

Caz grimaced as he attempted to pull out another bullet from his foot. The packaging for the set of tweezers he had bought up front sat nearby on the bench.

THE AFTERMATH

Violet leaned back against the worn seat cover as the truck’s motions gently rocked her.

[aralezinspace]

I was tagged by @lecalcifer creating a new post cuz I can xD

Three ships: Ezio/Sofia from Assassin's Creed (I love everything about their story it gives me so many feelings) SebaCiel from Black Butler (*elmo flame gif*) the Doctor/River Song (both 11 and 12 their relationships with her are amazing in their own ways)

First Ship ever: HOOOOOOO BOY umm.... I fell into SasuNaru and KakaRin (both Naruto ships) around the same time via fanfiction.net xD Naruto was the first fandom I was active in, like being friends with other fans, writing fics, etc xD

Last song: Millenia by Crown the Empire

Last movie: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (these movies were instrumental in making me who I am today)

Currently reading: Fanfics: Momentum by JullySaw, Falling In by littlecorbin, lots of Morpheus and Assassin's Creed fics. Also reading a book, The Templars by Dan Jones. Also also reading a play (The Elephant Man by Bernard Pomerance, I'm gonna be in this one and we start rehearsals saturday)

Currently watching: Avatar: The Legend of Korra, His Dark Materials

Currently consuming: Chocolate cake

Currently Craving: Sleep, temperatures above freezing

Tagging @just-some-random-blogger @peachesofteal @7-wonders @amanitus @chromehoplite @griever-bit-my-finger

[gladdyator18]

AAAHHHH! THIS CAME SO GOOD! To clarify, she is my OC for Star Wars Rebels. Note, in her fanfiction, she did NOT have this outfit. The scarf and color palette, yes, but her clothes were a blue sweater, dark gray leggings, black and dark gray buckle boots after the events on Malachor. When she was a Padawan, she had the standard Jedi attire. When she first met the Rebels, her cloak was a dark denim blue. I chose this outfit because I love how it looks on her and I might use it in a fanfiction I’m writing. (click image for better quality)

“Name’s Zelara June. Nice to meet you all.”

Anyways, this is Zelara June, known as the Wolf Jedi. She was orphaned at 6 when her parents were murdered by an Inquisitor. Her master was named Crowvern, who was actually a Sith in disguise. Escaping to Lothal, Zelara met Atlas, a Loth-wolf. He took her in and together with the rest of the Loth-wolf pack, they took down any problems that surfaced on Lothal. After 3 years, she met the Rebel Crew and joined them upon Atlas’s recommendation.

Zelara is a very disciplined and well-respected young woman. She is mature, sassy, clever, witty, strong-willed, caring, and compassionate. She will lay down her life for the Rebels if the situation were to arise. She has an alter ego named Aralez. Aralez looks and acts like Zelara, but her hair is silver, her eyes are ice blue, and she has wolf ears and a tail. Zelara is very sociable and can make friends easily. A lot of the allies the Rebel Crew has is thanks to her and her connections.

Click here to read Zelara’s story with the Rebel Crew

I had such a blast drawing this! Definitely, my favorite thing about this piece is  the lightsaber. It came out so good, OMG! As usual, stay tuned for more!

[rperboni]

PATHFINDERS - The Sylph Summoner

Update from the PF2E Remaster coming in late 2023: Genies native to the Plane of Air are now know as Jaathooms, due to Pathfinder trying to distance itself from the OGL.

I don't really know if I'm right about that, but the Summoner is one of Pathfinder's unique classes, both First and Second Edition, being a spellcaster linked to an eidolon, an extraplanar being that allows it to cast powerful spells, acting like a true pair in combat, with the eidolon being either a simple servant or a friend or even a spiritual guide for the summoner, whose link only becomes stronger and stronger over learning for both.

Having my younger sister as a summoner next to our crazy pooch as an angel eidolon - connected to outer planes like Elysium, Nirvana or Heaven -, I also chose her to be a sylph, which, like naaris and undines, has ancestry drawn from the Elemental Planes, being the sylphs more connected to the beings of the Air, like belkers, cloud dragons and, in her case, to the jaathooms, the genies of the Plane of the Air, which are also the most easily recognizable by us - Aladdin's Genie, for example, was a jaathoom. Both her weapon and the colors of her clothes show that she would be a devotee of Desna, the Song of the Spheres, that perhaps my sister would not follow just because her symbol is a butterfly, and she has motophobia - phobia of butterflies and moths. To turn our dog into an eidolon, I was inspired by the Aralezes, kind spirits from Armenian mythology, who revive fallen warriors with licks.

[howtodisassembleyourdeviant]

🦄🎻🧂

🦄 - If they could have one mythical familiar?

Android Connor: Aralez, though I do not imagine they would be able to bring an android back, I would appreciate the company. 

Human Connor: Golem. I want a rock buddy.

🎻 - What instruments can they play? Are they good at it?

Already answered so have a gif

🧂- What’s one thing they’re always be salty about? Android Connor: I can’t eat.

Human Connor: I have to eat. and drink and sleep.

[yawpyawp]

Sam's sincere, well-meaning, and absolutely necessary attempts at Quartet Spring Cleaning are thwarted by Bucky and Natasha's passionate conviction that anything that reminds them of the other is High Value Never Get Rid Of stuff.

THE THING IS!!!! I don’t think they’re pack rats! Like, neither of them is very sentimental about things, bc they’ve never gotten to have things and view them as a luxury. I think they’re both very much “does this spark joy?” kinda people. 

Like I’m basing the general aesthetic on my Armenian grandma’s row house. (Also bringin’ it back around, bc she’s the reason I ended up w the base lore for Foober, what with the aralez mythology etc!) She was the kinda person who’d go walking in Fairmount park and be like “this is a cool stick” and she’d keep it and display it like a sculpture. She literally had a wasp’s nest that she thought was cool and like preserved it with shellac. (I think my dad still has it somewhere?) Like, her place was full o’ cool stuff but not cluttered.

So Bucky and Foobs will go on walks and Foober will pick up a cool sycamore stick and Bucky will be like “wanna add that to your collection, pal?” 

This is the general aesthetic I think:

[themonsterblogofmonsters]

Aralez

An Armenian cousin to the Russian Semargl, Aralezner (plural) have healing abilities, and are known to lick the wounds of injured soldiers and Aurors dispelling curses and healing them while doing so. Doglike in form, they are known to have wings, though flying ability can vary - some can only glide, while others are fully capable of flying long distances unhindered. While Aralezner are theoretically domesticable, very few ever are, though certain magizoologists and Aurors have formed bonds with them, and even, on notable occasions, been kept from death thanks to the creatures. Interestingly, the healing qualities of these creatures are not solely in their saliva, as healing magic is in the tears of a Phoenix, but part of the creatures themselves.

Aralzner are usually almost wolf-like in size, and thickly furred. Wings can be small or large, and colouration and patterns of feathers and fur can vary considerably. Historically, some Aralezner had colours that matched closely to those of the crests of some wixen families, and would preferentially seek out those to heal, in the present however, this is less common, and the creatures heal without preference, so long as they believe the individual to be worthy. Some argue that this is due to the increase in Pureblood propaganda since the institution of the Statute, and so fewer wixen families are considered worthy, while many muggle-borns and half-borns are.

(Image One, Image Two)

(Read about the Aralez in lore over Here. I hate that I have to include this but PLEASE DO NOT DELETE THE IMAGE SOURCE OR MY CAPTION.)