#Geneses

[paradoxius]

Pandora was called the all-giving. Prometheus the fore-thinking came to her. She was the earth, and of that earth he created many children. These children of Pandora lived easily and without care upon the fruit of the untilled land, for their mother was all-giving. They weakened neither with sickness nor with age. Death did not come for them.

Yet they left no mark upon the world as they passed to and fro. They moved no stones nor hew no trees. They were unsexed and could not procreate of themselves. They were ignorant of fire.

Their mother, seeing this, entreated heaven that her children be given fire, the only gift that like milk from her bosom flowed not. The King of Heaven refused, crying that her race would then transgress the firmament and, with burning brands, set the abode of the divine alight.

So Pandora the all-giving gave a gift to heaven, as if to apologize for a disrespectful request. It was a great quantity of the wine that in those days fermented on the vine and flowed in great rivers. The gift was accepted with thanks and sayings of friendship and forgiveness, but it was treacherous.

Late in the night, when the divine host was drunk and riotous, Prometheus stole into heaven with an olive bough and lit it in the heavenly hearth. Hiding the fiery branch beneath his hunched shoulders, he brought it back to his children.

Soon, celestial outriders came before the King of Heaven to tell him what they had seen: the children of Pandora bore the gift of fire. They lit and warmed their evenings with bonfires and cooked the fruit of the untilled land upon hearths. They had felled many trees, first to fuel their gift of fire, and then to burn out into boats and to build shelters to keep the rain off their hearths.

The King of Heaven raged and tore at his beard. Still, he had wits enough about him to call for Prometheus to be brought in before his throne. He demanded Prometheus confess his crime, and promised that he would be a lenient judge to a repentant thief, but Prometheus the fore-thinking refused to speak.

So then the King of Heaven called for Epimetheus, the after-thinking brother of Prometheus, to be brought in before him. He demanded Epimetheus bear witness against his brother, making again the promise that he would be merciful, and Epimetheus complied. Epimetheus told the King of Heaven he had seen his brother return home with the burning branch, and only realized his mistake when the heavenly host bound Prometheus to be tortured for all of his deathless days.

For Pandora, the King of Heaven devised a yet crueler punishment. He sent her an emissary with a sealed gift for her children under the pretense of thanking her for her gift of wine. She did not yet know that her crime had been discovered, as Epimetheus was detained in heaven, and so she accepted the treacherous gift.

As ever before, Pandora gave this gift to her children. Deeply thankful for their fire and excited at the promise of yet another gift from heaven, they instantly unsealed the vessel. But within were many wicked things now loosed upon the world: sickness and frailty, toils and hunger, cruelty and deprivation, death.

The first to die was Pandora herself. Now, the earth is other than it was. It yields not its gifts so freely. The land must be tilled, and the land to be tilled must be warred over, and famines and sicknesses live upon that land, and time must be spent to work the land and war for the land and to bear and raise children up to work the land and war for the land and bear and raise children up, and all of these things bring death.

[yu2ki]

:p

[diana-andraste]

You are the daughter of the sea…

Naiad: cut your body into turquoise pieces, they will bloom resurrected in the kitchen. This is how you become everything that lives.

And so at last, you sleep, in the circle of my arms that push back the shadows so that you can rest— vegetables, seaweed, herbs: the foam of your dreams.

Pablo Neruda, from Sonnet XXXIV

Photography: Genèse by Lucien Clergue, 1973

[kallencc]

[white-knight-of-betrayal]

Today's Daily Suzaku is...

The 'Knight of Zero' character card from Genesic Re;CODE, illustrated by SOLANI!!

[genesic-archives]

Genesic Archive Book: Suzaku Kururugi

Profile 1 - A young boy who arrived from Japan and now serves in the Britannian Military. In order to eliminate conflict from the world, he serves as the Device of the Knightmare Frame "Lancelot," which has the power to change the Empire from within, unluckily thwarting Zero's ambitions.

Profile 2 - He has a twisted belief that results obtained through wrong means are worthless. When he was accused of murdering the 3rd Prince Clovis, he was rescued by Zero and invited to join his group but refused, following his own belief. He went to the court martial on his own two feet.

Profile 3 - He is the son of Genbu Kururugi, a Japanese general who advocated all-out resistance against the Holy Brittanian Empire, and murdered his father in his single-minded desire to stop the war. He still suffers from guilt and remorse that the incident was covered up and that his efforts were ultimately unsuccessful.

Profile 4 - The aircraft is the seventh generation Knightmare Frame "Lancelot". By using a large amount of Sakuradite, it has achieved mobility that far surpasses conventional aircraft. It is equipped with a VARIS and a Maser Vibration Sword. It is difficult to pull off due to its high performance. Only a limited number of people can operate it.

Profile 5 - He can cook normally, but his favorite dish is Nikujaga (a meat & potatoes dish) which he learned from his aunt Mafuyu. He doesn't have many likes or dislikes except for green peppers since he can't come up with a use for them. He was always jealous of her for that.

VA: Sakurai Takahiro Gender: Male Age: 17 Birthday: July 10th Likes: Meat & Potatoes Dislikes: Green Peppers

illustration: whoopin

[lelouch]

🌺🏝 Summer sprites from Genesic Re;CODE 🌊🐬

[suzalulusource]

🎇 happy new year! 🎆

[arsenicpanda]

Miss Steal Your Girl

(a totally gorgeous commission a friend got for me drawn by gozais_ on twitter, who you should totally commission)

[minimooberry]

RANDOM WHEEL PICKS TOWNIES' BABIES 😋🥰

Madeline Caliente - Katrina Caliente + Travis Scott

Nico Holiday - Thorne Bailey + Summer Holiday

Wyatt Goth - Nina Caliente + Cassandra Goth

Vera Feng - Lily Feng + Johnny Zest

these guys were surprisingly. so cute?? like that their guy wyatt?? holy shit brother. anyway this is a challenge I saw by @itsqwertyluvs and I love it so much I've watched like every single one lol so I did it too

[geassgirls]

CODE GEASS FEMSLASH WEEK DAY SIX: COSTUME CHANGE

[yu2ki]

silly boy <3

[its-to-the-death]

Battle of the Gingers Wave 1 Preliminary Round #36

Whoever gets the most votes moves onto the next round

[ringyball]

[kallencc]

[tamarahtalkstv]

What In The Bisexual?

Huh.

I Guess Bisexuality Must Run In The Britannian Imperial Family.