#Colour: Pinecone

[freshthoughts2020]

[pineconeius]

silly goat man

[pineconnie]

I KEEP THINKING ABOUT THE STUPID SWAP AU BIRD HELP he’s so blissfully ignorant and happy(er than in normal uu)

swap au parrot will be happy forever except for every few weeks where he crashes out guys trust me

[c-kiddo]

my absolute dream house is a little bit midcentury (i saw a beautiful house on instagram) but ultimately minimalist but using warm materials (off white walls in warm grey or blue tones with hardwood floors is my rly rly favourite combination. airy). minimalist and highly practical design. storage and space for the colour in the room to come from things i already use , art stuff, hiking gear, plants, dishes. but space for clear surfaces, space for resting my brain and eyes and everything to be put away. big window that faces trees or a wide open space, not something overstimulating. i would love that

[theweeowlart]

A colour drawing of a pinecone. Pinecones symbolize the promise of spring, and re-birth. My original drawing is available on Etsy…

[anthonyspage]

🌿🎁🍪🍋🍎🎅🏻🐶🐱

[harvestmoss]

🌹 Love & Sex Magic Basics

Some good knowledge to have in the back of the mind when performing love and sex magic, alone or with others, yourself or for others. Sex and love magic often work together.

As always, I do not want minors on these posts, this is an 18+ only post.

Blog post include...

TIME - The best times to cast love and sex magic.

SPACE - The best places to performance.

TOOLS - Great talismans and objects to have near you when performing.

COLOURS - Best colours to use.

NUMBERS - Numbers use and to invoke.

WATERS - Spell waters to use for enhancements.

OILS - Spell oils best suited for love and sex magic.

BOTANICALS & APHRODISIACS - Flowers, herbs, foods, etc. These are the botanicals to use for love and sex magic, especially the aphrodisiac ones.

NOTES - Extra good knowledge to know when performing love and sex spells.

TIME

🌑 New Moon: The new moon is associated with our shadow self. Due to history and religion, we often associate sex and desires with our shadow self, something kind of unacceptable. It's such a primal human feeling, lust. So sex magic benefits from the New Moon greatly.

🌒 Waxing: The moon is getting bigger and brighter. Creating an ideal phase for magic around growth. Say you're in a relationship already, you'd want it to grow better and stronger, this is an ideal time to add extra passion into your sex life too.

🌕 Full Moon: Everything is full and intense on the Full Moon. Generally, all spells are enhanced during Full Moon, so you may cast sex magic here to enhance them. See what works best for you whenever it is the Full Moon or New Moon.

♀️ Friday: These are the best days for love and sex magic. This day is in honour of Venus. But you may also know it as the day of Aphrodite, Freya, and Oshun. Generally, love spirits are most powerful during Fridays.

🕒 The Clock: Typically, daylight brings abundance, growth, and positive influences. Night brings out the shadow self, intuition and emotional self. You could prepare spells in the daylight and performe them during night. See what works best for you. I wouldn't worry too much about the exact clock.

SPACE

🛏️ The Bedroom: The bedroom is home to the bed, a place we spend roughly ⅓ of our lives in. I believe it oozes with great magical threshold and potential. It's the home to our subconscious mind and desires. A bed is also where we typically perform pleasurable acts. Performaning sex magic in the bedroom is more potent than that of the living room.

🛁 The Bathroom: Not the place we typically have acts of pleasure, but it is a place we're often bare and naked in. we take baths, or get ready and make sure we looks alright, make sure we smell good, some do their makeup here, so on and so forth. I often perform glamour magic in the bathroom, and if you do glamour magic in conjunction with sex magic, your sex magic has a greater chance of success. Glamour magic is about attraction, and sex magic is specifically attracting pleasure. Think of them as collaborative partners occasionally.

TOOLS

🌿 Priapic Wand: A wand with a phallic object attached to the end, usual that of an acorn or pinecone. Mainly used to encourage the growth of Spring and is a symbol of Imbolc and Beltane. You may attache ribbons and bells to it as well.

🌿 Mermaid Wand: Mermaids or sirens are said to have lured sailors into the sea with their beauty and sexual nature. A mermaid wand is simply a piece of driftwood.

🌿 Copper Wand: Copper holds romance and feminine energy, so copper wands are often used in love spells, tope it with a rose quartz to enhance the powers.

🦢 Swan/Rooster Feathers: Swans are often a romantic symbol of grace and beauty, we often see swans in artworks being their iconic heart symbol together, they're also a bird that mates for life. Roosters on the other hand help ward off evil and are a symbol of male energy. I see rooster feathers often used in love magic, perhaps because the rooster is such a lady's man?

🔧 Iron: Representing primal male power. Iron helps invoke sexual desire and remedy lack of libido. Iron is also hard, stiff, and endures a lot. So we're hoping that it's magical properties will tranfer through to the spells. Soaking iron in water and using that water to bath your man, specifically the part that's actually useful about us, will enhance us to perform better.

🕯️ Candles: Candles are already used in every spell there is, I'm mainly placing it here since I've found that when you involve another person and light their name on fire it invoke passion and sexual drive.

💕 Adult Toys: I suggest having literal symbols of sex near you or being used when performing sex magic. Even greater if you have one specifically for the use of these rituals. Similarly, having pornography to stimulate you is favoured, or a partner.

🐎 Horseshoes or Horse Symbols: Horseshoes are often associated with luck and protection. But can also be a powerful love talisman. Horse shoes incorporate iron (as discussed above), the shape of a horse shoe is reminiscens a cresent moon, often associated with female energy, and it may also be associated with the symbol of double horns which is a symbol of the female genitalia (Statues showing off the vulva frightened off ghosts because the vulva is a symbol of life and ghosts are dead). The symbol of a horse adds additonal meaning, especially that of a stallion, being that of powerful virile animals. If you were to hammer a nail through a horseshoe, well, isn't that obvious why?

COLOURS

🍎 Red: A primary colour, red is associated with life and passion in many cultures. Red is connected to the body through health, sex, lust, love, romance, passion, confidence.

🍊 Orange: Symbolising connections in our life. It has associations with power, vitality, energy, growth, success, and ambitions. Great colour to use when you're already in a relationship.

💗 Pink: Often a feminine colour, therefore, it represents those quirks and stereotypes. Unconditional love, playfulness, love, gentleness, beauty, feelings. It's also the lesser colour of red, so if you'd want more intimate sex rather than rough, I recommended pink.

NUMBERS

2️⃣ Two (2): For obvious reasons, it is the number of unity, of harmony.

5️⃣ Five (5): I have heard to invoke the power of Oshun (Orisha of Love), you should use the number five.

6���⃣ Six (6): To invoke the power of Aphrodite (Lady of Love), use the number six.

8️⃣ Eight (8): To invoke the power of Inanna-Ishtar (Queen of Heaven), use the number eight. Eight is also the number associated with eternity and infinity if you lay it down, so use it to keep a relationship and sex life intact.

🔢 Numerology: Generally, lesser numbers are beginnings and bigger numbers are endings. So use lesser numbers to start a passionate life and bigger numbers to have greater orgasms, etc. See what works best for you.

WATERS

🕊️ Angel's Water: This water began as a complexation remedy in the sixtheenth-century before slowly becoming a love potion. It's name is a reference to the Angels that seduced the daughters of man in the Book of Genesis. It's also known as Aphrodite Water with it's main ingredient being Myrtle, which is said is what Aphrodite was covered in when she emerged from the ocean.

💞 Florida Water: Originally marketed as a cologne. Florida Water has attractive qualities due to it's scent with rosemary and citrus aspects. IT draws in luck, fantastic energies, and happiness.

🌹 Rose Water: Roses are often associated with love and romance, especially the red variant. Rose Water, or any flower water for that matter, are often used in love spells and beauty spells.

🍷 May Wine: Ritual potion for Midsummer’s Eve and Walpurgis Night. Some of my potions require mixing ingredients into a wine, and I choose May Wine, if I don't have that, red wine is fine.

OILS

💖 Love Oil: Used for love and sex spells, as well as being used for attraction.

💘 Come To Me Lover Oil: Consider this a deluxe version of Love Oil. Perfect for sex magic and attraction of people, used mainly for specific purposes, such as drawing in a specific kind of sex life or person.

🐈 Black Cat Oil: Break bad spells and hexes, attract positive attention, especially that of the opposite gender. Depending on what oil base you choose, jojoba or castor oil for protection and almond oil for love spells.

🌿 Cleopatra Oil: Captures the true essence of legendary Egyptian queen, Cleopatra. Used for glamor spells, love and sex magic.

BOTANICALS & APHRODISIACS

💐 Botanicals: Basil, carrots, catnip, chamomile, cardamom, coriander, cubeb, gardenia, grains of paradise, hibiscus, hyacinth, iris, jasmine, lady’s mantle, lavender, lovage, mint, onion, orchid, poppy, rose, rosemary, saint john’s wort, southernwood, strawberries, thyme, tormentil, vervain.

Botanicals associated with romance and sex and/or can enhance your love and sex spells.

🍾 Aphrodisiacs: Caviar, champagne, chocolate, coriander, apricots, peaches, cherries, grapes, figs, pomegranates, garlic, hibiscus tea, honey, hot peppers, mint, onions, radishes, saffron, shellfish, cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, sushi, vanilla, tomato.

Ingredients in which have shown to have aphrodisiac effects, some more than others.

☁️ Myrrh and Frankincense: They may not be obvious, with their religious background and association. However, they were burned in ancient Egypt, and myrrh was associated with Isis, the goddess of fertility, and frankincense with that of Rah. The lunar and sun goddess and god. Burn together with a partner or burn myrrh if you're more fem leaning and frankincense if you're mask leaning. Burn myrrh if you're attracting a woman and burn frankincense if you're attracting a man. What if you're nonbinary or the partner is? Burn both.

NOTES

Some extra good things to note before, during, and after performing love and sex spells.

Bathing your hands in Rose Water to enhance spells before performing - You may also use thyme.

Performing naked for sex magic increases the chances of success. Alternatively, clothing that makes you feel sexy.

Wearing a red ribbon around your waist for sexual seduction enhancement. You may use red string and incorporate knot magic, or a red gather belt, or regular belt. Something red around your waist, essentially.

In sex magic, you'll want to stir counter-clockwise. This is to invoke passion and vigour in your sex life. While clockwise is the opposite and lessens the libido. You may also think of it as counter-clockwise for deviance and clockwise for "vanilla".

Stir near your thighs and genitals to enhance success and better sex.

Stir near your heart for romantic love.

The hair off of someone's head is often used in love spells to draw them near you and make them love you. However, if you acquire their pubic hair, more sexual and aroused feelings will be invoked.

Use your sexual bodily fluids to charge and enchant sigils and other objects.

Use menstrual blood to enhance love spells. Are you someone who do not bleed like me? Worry not! Prick your ring finger, preferably that of the left (unless you're married, then that of the right) and the blood will have a similar effect to that of menstrual blood.

Are your love spells not working on your lover? Acquire a piece of their hair and let gentle water drip on ti it continually and the resistance should wear off. Sometimes your lover may even be cursed with lack of sexual performances, so bathing in iron would help or eating any of the aphrodisiac ingredients would help too.

It helps to be in the mindset when performing love and sex spells, so being aroused and excited for sex spells helps them perform better. Being in a romantic mood helps for love spells, so feed yourself well with cherries, peaches, and chocolate. As well as having your favourite adult toys out when doing sex magic or also warming yourself up and then performing sex magic.

That should be it, go out and have lots of good sex and love!

Excuse grammar mistake and spelling errors, English is not my first language.

[selkiepede]

may i please request a boyre outfit board kinda seaside ireland themed with pale blue and green colours ? knitwear would be very appreciated and for age range maybe like 6-8 (no soother please) wooden stuff and books would be really nice too :) thank you either way <333 and again love love your stuff :P

- @tinyowlet

🚢💧Hi there sugar, here it is :-) Thank you for your patience!

This one was a bit of a challenge, maybe only because I work with younger ages more often... though it was fun either way!

Immediately when you said seaside I thought of little nut boats, ones with leaves for sails. Instead though I found pinecone animals! And they were the cutest thing. So is the sweater... fell in love with it the moment I saw it with its sweet little knitted tools! It would look so lovely on a playful little angel ...<3

[gremlin-girly]

Flufftober Day 5

Prompt: Acorn, Chesnut, Pinecone ( @flufftober )

Pairing: Halsin (BG3) x Gn!Druid!Reader

Warnings: None! (Not beta'd and a little rushed so I apologise)

Tags: Love confession (that I didn't write haha), but we assume it happens (I just had another idea for it and I didn't want to write another 2k on it), mutual pining

Summary: All children in Emerald Grove take part in an annual game to find 3 things within the forest. Having never played this before, and being a new member of the grove, you are ecstatic to play (despite being an adult) and challenge the arch druid himself to beat you in the game.

Word count: 1.7k

I hope you enjoy! Likes, comments and reblogs are appreciated 💜 Dividers by: @/saradika-graphics

A/N: Another late one... I'm trying my luck here haha.

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“But... you are an adult.” Halsin's deep voice rumbles with amusement as he looks down at you, desperately trying not to grin and failing miserably. You were looking up at his broad frame, eyes glimmering with mischievous challenge.  You never ceased to amaze the giant elf. It was no wonder he was sweet on you.

“But it’s a passing rite for all of the children of the grove,” you counter, hands on hips.

“Yes but it’s a game for children.” Halsin leans closer, gritting out the words so that the children nearby can’t hear. “it’s not a true rite-“

“Am I not a child of Silvanus?” you say loudly, giving Halsin a smug grin as some heads turn in your direction. He sighs, defeated, cracking a wide grin as he shakes his head.

“Yes, I sup-“

“Then it’s settled.” You say firmly, prodding at Halsin’s enormous chest. “I will complete the rite, as everyone else has. I’m not above taking part – am I?”

Halsin raises his hands in surrender, still smiling at you pleasantly.  By Silvanus, he was utterly smitten. You could ask for anything from him and he would give it, more than willingly. “No, you are not.”

“And neither are you.”

Halsin raises an eyebrow at you curiously. “No, I’m not.”

Your mischievious smirk  grows into a beaming, toothy grin. “Then you should take the rite with me.”

Halsin barks a laugh, which attracts more attention  from the residents of the grove.

“I’ve already completed the rite. And once again, it is a game.” He chuckles, onlookers smiling knowingly as they continue about their preparations for the upcoming event.

“You completed it over two centuries ago,” You point out, trying not to laugh at the absurdity of your scheme. “And if it’s just a game... where’s the harm in playing it?”

“I’m sensing a challenge.” Halsin smirks and shakes his head, braids swaying softly in rhythm. “I’m the archdruid. I have things to do. I-“

“Please?” you cut him off again, giving  your best doe eyed look to the gentle giant before you, watching his shoulders sag in defeat.

“How can I deny you? You make an excellent point.” He says, cheeks pinkening with a little embarassment at the prospect of playing a children’s game in front of his grove. Worse yet, he was actually slightly worried about how he’d fare. You, however, are just happy he’s agreed.

“Wonderful!” You clap ypur hands together excitedly. “I’ll see you tomorrow, Halsin.”

Halsin watches as you make your way towards Kagha, animatedly discussing decorations and procedures for tomorrow, wondering how on earth he became so lucky to have you in the grove.

The following morning was a blur.

Decorations had been set up the night before and the children were ecstatic. Restless to begin the scavenger hunt that was a “rite” of passage to the grove. Colourful streamers hung from trees danced in the autumn breeze and smoke billowed from the fire pits that were already cooking food for the evening’s feast.

You had been trying to pry information for Kagha all night , whilst you helped her tie the streamers, about what the test would be like but she’d refused to answer.

“You’ll find out tomorrow,” she chuckled. “Like the rest of the children.”

You’d omitted to tell her that Halsin would be joining the festivities. A small piece of revenge for refusing to tell you what to expect.

When the sun was at it’s highest peak shining down across the woodland near Emerald Grove, the members of the grove gathered to watch the children being the “rite”. As it turns out, the “rite” was a treasure hunt. Specifically, a treasure hunt for random foragable items in the forest that tested a young druid’s ability of recognition. There were no rules as the game – rite – was simple. Find your items and return to the grove. The children were split into pairs and handed a piece of paper with their items listed, before being sent on their way into dense forest beyond the grove.

Naturally, you were paired with Halsin. As the only two adults taking part, Halsin had spun it as watching over the children to save himself the embarassment of telling everyone he’d be taking part. Not that you hadn’t told a handful of people already why he was taking part – or that some of the elders already knew why.

You looked at your list with furrowed brows of concentration. Chestnut, pinecone, Acorn. You’d already found a pinecone and knew where the chesnut and oak trees in the forest were, so the other two were going to be an easy find. You hated to admit it but Halsin had been right.

It irked you more that he was being so pleasantly smug about it too.

“You could have told me the kids go in pairs.” You huff, trapsing through the undergrowth in the direction of a chesnut tree. The scent of damp woodland was all around you, a comforting sense of home you couldn’t escape.

“It must have slipped my mind.” Halsin said cheerily, offering you a large hand to help steady you as you clambered over a fallen log. You take it but pretend to be begrudged by it, making Halsin chuckle.

“It’s not a real challenge either, is it?” You grumble, narrowing your eyes at him. So much for your grand plan of impressing him.

“No. But I did try to warn you.”

You kick a pebble trying to hide your frustration at your plan going so unbelievably sideways. You don’t realise you haven’t let go of Halsin’s hand.

“Oh!” you gasp, tugging your hand away quickly. “Sorry, wasn’t thinking.”

You wipe your sweaty palms on your clothes and your cheeks flush. Halsin says nothing, he only smiles adoringly, as you both make your way to a small clearing.

The sun beams filter through the trees, illuminating the clearing, bathing a chesnut tree in golden light. It looks magnificent. You stretch your arms wide before picking up a fallen chesnut, turning it in your hand to admire it. There were no marks , no worm holes. Utterly perfect. You hand it out to Halsin, who holds it between his gigantic thumb and forefinger.

“A perfect chesnut,” he comments, tucking away into a leather pouch on his belt with a smirk. “Congratulations. You only have one more left to find.”

You narrow your eyes at him. “You mean we.”

“Of course. We.” He gives you another smile like butter wouldn’t melt. You’d swear up and down he was the embodiment of sunshine itself. Your eyes rake over his form with a resigned smile before you realise something.

You prod at the emblem on his chest. “Found the acorn.”

Halsin looks surprised and looks down to where you’re prodding him. The acorn emblem of Emerald Grove is engraved in his leather coverings. Halsin rumbles with laughter, his shoulders shaking with mirth and you struggle to stifle a giggle.

“Ah, I suppose you have. Although, I believe the rite calls for an actual acorn.” He can’t even speak to you without cracking a smile. You swat and his large chest playfully.

“The rite didn’t say anything about that.” You point out, and then press your palm over his emblem. Halsin stiffens and watches you carefully. You didn’t seem to notice you’ve placed your hand directly over his heart, and he’s trying desperately to stop it beating so hard; he’s too worried thinking you’ll feel it.

You smirk up at him with the mischevious glimmer in your eyes he’s grown to love, hand still pressed over his heart.

“So I believe I win. Or, we win.” You chuckle sweetly, smirk morphing into a beaming grin. Halsin looks at you awestruck as the sunlight bounces off your skin, illuminating all of your beautiful features as you smile just as radiantly as the sun. His sun-kissed skin tinges pink, along with the tips of his ears, for once unsure of what to say.

“Halsin?”

He blinks down at you. You’re looking at him expectantly, but your hand hasn’t moved. He clears his throat.

“Sorry.” He mumbles, fighting the the redness that threatens to rush to his face.

“I said; do you want to head back? Try and enjoy some of the food before the kids eat it all?” you raise an eyebrow at him, waiting for his answer.

Halsin swallows thickly. “I – yes. We could.”

He doesn’t move.

Neither do you.

You’re both looking at eachother, daring the other to pull away or to address the tension that had been building between you for quite some time. Your fingers trace the indents of the emblem idly and you open your mouth to speak but Halsin beats you to it.

“Why did you insist I come with you?”

You take a breath, not quite sure what to say. You offer a sheepish smile and a small shrug.

“Thought it would be good for you to get away. Have some fun.” You meet his soft brown eyes with your own. “Maybe I just wanted you to myself for a little while.”

Halsin’s shoulders sag with relief, one of his large hands envelop the hand over his heart. “You don’t have to bring me out here to have my attention,” He chuckles, squeezing your hand lightly. “You never have to ask for my attention.” His eyes have a playful glimmer as he looks at you. “And you don’t have to make an elaborate ploy to get me to spend time with you.”

Your breath catches and heat rushes to your cheeks. You chuckle timidly, caught red handed.

“Well... as we’re here then.” You look about the beautiful clearing, still bathed in golden light. “Shall we sit a while?”

By the time you return to the grove, you’re both strolling hand in hand with beaming smiles and adoring, bashful glances.

“Did you get all over your items?” Kagha calls out to you with a knowing smile.

Both you and Halsin blush. “I found something better.” You quip. “And I’m sure the Oak Father would be proud.”

[pineconeius]

NEW PHIGHTER

[pineconnie]

CONNIE ART RQ OPEN?! You should draw ur egg Chan design if u have one…or just eggchan…or genderbent eggchan JUST ANYTHING WITH MY GOAT🙏

HI IZZY OFC !!! EGGCHAN THE GOAT >O<

this looks like genderbent egg but it wasn’t in my head i’m just hitting all of uu with the gnc/non binary beam </3

[echoesofolympus]

DIONYSUS; A GUIDE TO WORSHIP

TEXT BELOW;

Dionysus;

Greek Name: Διονυσος

Transliteration: Dionysos

Latin Spelling: Dionysus

Translation: Liber, Bacchus

Parents: Zeus and Semele

Consort: Ariadne (Cretan princess and goddess)

God Of: Wine, festivity, madness, vegetation, fertility

Symbol: Thyrsus (pine-cone staff)

Sacred Animal: Bull, Panther, Serpent

Sacred Plants: Grapevine, ivy, bindweed

Also called: Bacchus, Lyaeus

Epithets and titles;

Βάκχος (Bakkhos) - Of Bacchic Frenzy

Βρόμιος (Bromios) - Noisy, Boisterous

Νυκτέλιος (Nyktelios) - Of the Night

Λαμπτήρος (Lamptêros) - Of the Torches

Αὐξίτης (Auxitês) - Giver of Increase

Ληναῖος (Lênaios) - Of the Wine-Press

Θεοῖνος (Theoinos) - God of Wine

Διμήτωρ (Dimêtôr) - Twice-Born

Λύσιος (Lysios) - Of Release, Releasing

Ἐλευθερεύς (Eleuthereus) - Of Liberation, Freedom

Μύστης (Mystês) - Of the Mysteries

Χθόνιος (Khthonios) - Of the Earth

Κίσσιος (Kissios) - Of the Ivy, Ivy-Bearer

Σταφυλίτης (Staphylitês) - Of the Grape

Προτρύγαιος (Protrygaios) - First of the Vintage

Offerings and associations;

Stones & gems: garnet, ruby, amethyst, grape agate

Incense: Frankincense, Grape, Ivy, Fig, Fennel, Cinnamon, Musk

Colours: red, purple, green, burgundy, gold

Food & drinks: red wine, olive oil, water, fruit, honey, honeyed milk, meats, wheat, barley

Tarot: Hanged Man, The Hierophant

Other: images of the things he's associated with, leaves or curls from grapevines, ivy leaves, pinecones, wildflowers, apple seeds, goblets, leopard or tiger print objects, theatre masks, phalluses/phallic statues

Historical worship;

Patron of regions;

Boeotia; Naxos;

Edonia in Western Thrace

Holiest shrine;

Mt Kithairon (Nysa) in Boeotia, Greece (site of Bacchic orgies)

Other shrines;

Temples throughout Greece

& Asia Minor

Honoured in fertility & harvest rituals

Known festivals:

Great Dionysia - a large festival celebrated in Athens

Anthesteria - festival celebrated in Attica and lonia around the time of the January or February full moon.

Lenaia - a dramatic
competition held in Athens and in some places in lonia

Colour associations;

Red — Represents wine and the blood of life. Also linked to the wild, passionate, and frenzied nature of Dionysian rituals.

Purple — Represents royalty and divinity. Also may represent the dye made from Tyrian murex shells, used in clothing for rituals and celebrations honouring Dionysus.

Green — Represents fertility and lushness of the natural world. Also linked to Ivy and grapevine.

Burgundy — Represents wine in its fermented, mature form.

Gold — Represents luxury, abundance, and divine light. Also linked to the suns role in ripening grapes for wine.

[theweeowlart]

Here are some of my most recent drawings, all now added to my shop. These are traditional mixed media pieces, just 5 x 7 inches, super easy to DIY frame and very reasonably priced… https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheWeeOwlArt

[tortl3]

still thinking abt constance blackwood.

i bet she'd have picked up a bunch of 'internet trendy' hobbies like crochet and building lego flowers and keeping sourdough starters and bracelet making. i bet she's a middle child and always saves part of her snack for her little brother. i bet she was an og roblox player. i bet she has fairy lights in her room. i bet her toothbrush is purple. i bet she hated her curly hair/didnt know how to care for it and tried to brush it out and slick it down for ages. i bet she collects crystals and tarot cards without really knowing their meaning. i bet she loves hello kitty. i bet she has posters in her room of david bowie. i bet she watches musical slime tutorials. i bet she never finishes her sketchbooks. i bet she loves asmr and mukbang videos. i bet she loves christmas and eggnog and decorating. i bet she helps to stitch patches in her siblings' clothes. i bet she loves snakes and ladders even though the board game is 'childish.' i bet she has a pair of fraying earbuds that she has to twist around to work a little bit. i bet she loves fuzzy socks and has a bunch of fun designs on hers that she diys to patches once they get holes in them. i bet she has a favorite cardigan. i bet she does eccentric makeup she always wanted to use before she showers so nobody else has to see. i bet she owned a pink purple and turquoise coloured blog. i bet her favorite shape was a diamond, her favorite animal something kooky like a possum or a pigeon. i bet she loves pokemon. i bet she collects pinecones and leaves and sticks.

i bet she has so much about her that nobody else has ever tried to see before.

[moutainrusing]

crochet

721 words, no warnings, @dorlenemicroficprompts

Every gift that Marlene had ever given Dorcas was handmade. She’d noticed it, but she hadn’t acknowledged exactly what it meant until now.

Since they were eleven, Marlene had always gifted her crocheted animals or clothes or just general items, like a pinecone one time during Christmas or an orange gazania flower for her birthday. All these presents that Marlene had made herself, and since when was Marlene even the type to learn how to crochet?

Dorcas would’ve thought Marlene was too clumsy or impatient for that, but no, for Dorcas, and only for Dorcas, she put in the time and effort to make personalised gifts. Dorcas hadn’t realised it was only for her until she was entirely surrounded by crocheted objects while everyone else was not. They tumbled out of Dorcas’s trunk and lined the sides of her bed, but why her? What did Marlene gift to everyone else then?

She asked Lily, who replied with a show of her nails, “Marls usually gives me nail polish. Actually, she only gives me nail polish,” Lily seemed to realise. “Woah, she’s my sole supplier of nail polish. I never get it from anywhere else,” she ascertained. “And Marlene always gives me the exact nail polish I want,” she nodded appreciatively. “Like she can sense it. That’s crazy.”

Again, this didn’t seem like typical Marlene behaviour at all. Being able to sense how Lily was feeling and what nail polish fit her mood? Marlene couldn’t grasp emotions at all, at least, Dorcas had thought that. Wasn’t Marlene allergic to nail polish? She could swear Marlene hated nail polish. A very clear memory, the fact that Marlene passionately raged against nail polish because she preferred her natural nails and couldn’t fathom the concept in the slightest, why would she need her nails to be coloured when her nails were just nails to protect the tips of her fingers and pick dog hair from her sweater? She’d said nails a lot, Dorcas remembered. Marlene was very vehement about owning what was hers and not changing it for anyone else, because of anyone else, with anyone else…

What surprised Dorcas even more was when she asked Mary, who gushed, “Marlene’s presents are the greatest, she always gives me the best Afro products—”

And Dorcas was thinking, But Marlene’s got straight blond hair? What does she know about Afro products?

Apparently, Marlene knew a lot.

When Dorcas finally caught her, she was being typical Marlene, for once, and Dorcas internally sighed in relief, because the Marlene she knew was still here, but also, there was someone she didn’t know who was apparently the same person and how didn’t Dorcas know that?

She waited for typical Marlene to finish her typical Quidditch routine of chasing Bludgers which she’d spelled to behave akin to boomerangs, zipping erratically across the pitch, because in her essence, Marlene was erratic.

“Dorcas!” Marlene clumsily toppled to the ground and stumbled over towards her.

That was Marlene. She grinned, “Hello.”

“Hi!” she waved her hands, caught Dorcas between them and squeezed her shoulders.

“I have a question.”

“Ask it, then,” Marlene laughed, swaying on her feet as if the ground was unsteady.

“How are you so good at giving people presents? I mean, how many personalities do you have, because I could’ve sworn you weren’t that thoughtful, but you are, and how can you read people so well? You’ve never seemed good at picking up on signals. Also, since when can you crochet? I know you’ve crocheted all my presents, but you crocheted them, and aren’t you supposed to be clumsy?”

Marlene blinked at her. “That was five questions.” At Dorcas’s face, she smiled sheepishly, “I can read people, but only if I actually stop and think about it. Usually, I don’t think before speaking, so that’s why I come across as a mess. But for things like presents, I get time to think beforehand, so… and really, it’s only for presents where I get the time. You’re right, I never think,” Marlene beamed. “I like me that way. But then, I also like putting in a bit of effort for people to show that I appreciate them. Birthdays and celebrations are important,” she shrugged.

Dorcas’s lips had parted in surprise. Fondly, she shook her head, “You’re crazy.” She laughed softly, “Thank you.”

[nockstormbringer]

I’m not sure if you do this or not, but, in my opinion, it’s worth a shot. Got any Cabin 12 headcanons?

Cabin 12 || Camp Half-Blood

Synopsis → General headcanons for the children of Dionysus.

Warning → Mentions of alcohol, shakespeare, pepsi, odd food combos, spiders, snakes

A/n → oh my god I actually post something 😱

Word Count → 463

↳ I feel like a great majority of Cabin 12 kids would be alt, or into scene. Maybe grunge, but generally, their closets consists of darker toned colours.

↳ Adding to this, they’ve all definitely dyed their hair at least once and/or have piercings.

↳ They definitely love theatre, although all to different extents. Some would absolutely love musicals while others are into Shakespeare.

↳ They’re all definitely failing any social science related subjects (Geography, Business Studies, etc.)

↳ Cabin 12 definitely smells like juice, maybe apple, grape, apple black current, just juice. The smell isn’t all that noticeable, as it’s pretty subtle, but it’s still there.

↳ Nails are always painted, no doubt. Whether they’re done up because they like them like that or if it’s to keep them from biting them.

↳ Love fruit with a passion, but can’t stand vegetables. Vegetables are too bland and just are icky to them, while fruit is so good, it’s sweet and juicy.

↳ I feel like they would be good artists, whether painting, sculpting or whatnot. They can even write music and sing pretty well, so they would get along with the Apollo cabin.

↳ Because of their interests in the arts, they all major in something similar or do a subject at school like Drama, Visual Arts, Music, etc.

↳ They love pinecones, and no, I will not elaborate further.

↳ Every single child of Dionysus absolutely loathes Pepsi. It’s only the natural path. Children of Bacchus however…

↳ Cats of any size absolutely adore them.

↳ They make weird food combinations , like ham and honey, apples and cheese, and several other odds.

↳ Ariadne actually adores her step kids, and is quite nice to them all. Of course, every time Dionysus claims a son or daughter, she gives him the cold shoulder for a few weeks.

↳ I also feel that kids from Cabin 12 have obscure pets or want one, like snakes, spiders, crows or some other unique animal.

[I’m definitely not projecting the fact that I had a snake and a crow growing up.]

↳ Major ally’s or are apart of the LGBTQ+ community. Like they go hard in support of rights for equality amongst gays and straights, cis and trans, men and women.

↳ Absolutely hard core side eyeing and even outright calling out assholes, misogynists, homophobes, transphobes, and any other disrespectful little prick.

↳ Whenever they’re bored, they go around and cause chaos, but not towards other campers. Towards Mr. D. Since out of everyone, his own children are more likely to get off easier.

↳ Besides, you can NOT tell me that Dionysus isn’t an absolute ride or die for his children. He’s not great at expressing that love, especially since he can’t show favouritism, but all his children mean the world to him.

↳ Either love alcohol or refuse to touch the stuff. No in between.

thank you!! ♡