#Pasha Butterfly

[pumpkinpatchgarden]

Stephen (man with beard in pink suit) was designed by me! Diamanto (woman with gem on chest) designed by rocioverse27/rochi277 Kallisto (pink curly hair) was designed by @rinaenergy17 Pasha (pisces marks with a braid) designed by katyarchangel on deviantart Delia (dark skin blonde) designed by avocadoafro on deviantart Haris (brown hair purple eyes) designed by landofadoption on deviantart Evi (pink hair orange eyes) designed by rocioverse27/rochi277 Marios (baby boy) designed by sunshine-adopt on deviantart Damla (baby girl) designed by fandomerror on deviantart

About Stephen: He was the son of a merchant and grew up constantly moving from place to place. He knew Diamanto since they were teens, with his dad making ocasional transactions with Diamanto's mom with the years, and they keept in touch with letters when they were appart. Thaks to his experience traveling and making business with other people he became a pretty good diplomat, and after becoming king that's the main way he helped his wife.

About Diamanto: Her full name is Diamanto Rhodon. She was raised by her mom, the queen, as a single mother. Her other mother (somebody the queen accidentally carried from another dimension) died at childbirth, and she "inhereted" the gemstome in her chest from her. Since her birthing mom was not a mewman and had basically no family history she had a hard time making friends (outside the ones that only got close to her as a future queen), and her mom had a hard time bonding with her due the pain of losing her wife at childbirth. Still, she was raised to be a kindhearted and compassionated person who, with time, also learned to become more assertive due people taking advantage of her. She always dreamed of having a big family, and she managed that as we see! Some people rumor that her hybridism caused a mutation that made her fist four daughters have purple eyes, while others say it's just a recessive gene, and some say that maybe both things are true. As a fun fact, her cheekmarks (balloons) changed colors with her emotions, becoming yellow when happy, and blue when sad.

About Kallisto: We already saw her with her family in another drawing, and as you know she ends up marrying a member of the Ponyhead family! In this drawing she 15 and just returned from a date in the clouds (that you can see in KsushaIsTryingToDraw's gallery~~), and it's the first time in almost a year she stopped wearing black since her maternal grandma died shortly before her wand ceremony. She arrived just in time to see her newbown new siblings! Her pendant is a gift from her girlfriend and future wife, Rosetta Ponyhead, wich years latter will be gifted to her future granddaughther Carina.

About Pasha: Her full name is Pasha Kallirroi, and she's a year younger than Kallisto. While she was a good person who mostly keept ho herself and focus on her art, she was known to be "scandalous" mostly due her strange and sometimes revealing fashion sense. She's always been very motherly, being practically obsessed with baby dolls and always taking care of her baby siblings, and this didn't change with time as we see. She's fascinated by her new baby siblings, specially her first brother!

About Delia: Her full name is Delia Melite, and she's three years younger than Kallisto. Her marks are supposed to be golden compass roses but I didn't manage to make them look like it lmao. As the middle child she easily felt left asside, wich caused her to kinda resent her big sister Kallipso. To evade conflic between them her dad took her with him in diplomatic reunions, sparking her curiosity for cultures outside her own. Slowly her bitterness dissipated, even if she still wasn't as close to her sister. Despise that, her dedication and respect was recognized, and her older sister trushed her for diplomatic missions with other kingdoms from across the oceans, where she eventually meet her husband and formed a family, still coming home for special ocasions. In this picture she's bothered because even if one of her new siblings was born with darker skin like her, she's still the only one with her maternal grandma's blonde hair, with means she'll still have to endure the jokes about her being adopted.

About Haris: Her full name is Haris Aglaia, and she's five years younger than Kallisto. As a fun fact, she always had a lingering smell of jasmine flowers (wich are her cheekmarks). Despise her looking curiously at her new siblings in this, she had a strong actitude and a bad temper rivaling that of her sister Delia. Still, she mostly used that actitude to pursue the injustices she saw, and became someone that her sister Kallipso coud always count on. There isn't many information on her, wanting to keep her life private.

About Evi: Her full name is Evi Nike, and she's ten years younger than Kallisto. She was a surprise pregnancy after they decided to not try for more kids, and the only one to come with her father's eyes. She was spoiled and loved during all her childhood, wich may have backfired since she resented her baby siblings for being born. She specially took it agaist her sister, since her brother getting attention as the only boy was undestandable, but she feelt like she took her palce as the "baby girl" of the family. She became meaner with her with the years, and some rumors even say that she had something to do with Damla's dissapearence years later, but that was never officially confirmed or denied. Her relationship with her family eventually became strained due her speaking about them badly behind their backs, but then refusing to apologize or explain herself when confronted. She was eventually cut off by Kallisto.

About Marios: His full name is Marios Nereus, and he's fifteen years younger than Kallisto. He's the first son of the family, and was born with her maternal grandma's eyes! Due his status as the only boy he was offen dismissed by people outisde of his family, not seeing him as useful. That actually played on his favor the time he helped his sister (now queen) with a plan agaist people planning to overtrow her, when the terrorist group kidnapped all his sister and demanded Kallipso to hand over the wand. To their surprise, the wand was a fake and it was Marios who carried the real one, catching them off guard and attacking them with spells his sister teached him before capturing them. Other than that it's known he also enjoyed traveling on his father's ship and taking on his diplomatic job, and may have married intro the Spiderbite family before they eventually founded their own kingdom during Calliope's regin.

About Damla: Her full name is Damla Metis, and she's fifteen years younger than Kallisto. Like her sister Delia she got her darker skin from her maternal great-grandmother, but also had the blue eyes from her paternal grandmother. She was born smaller and with a more delicate health compared to her twin brother, yet was a sweet and cheerful kid. Sadly she dissapeared before even reaching her teen years, and despise her mother and father making an intensive search for her she was never found. Some rumors say her sister Evi used her grandmother's scissors and trew her to another dimension, since the scissors dissapeared for years after the incident. Most historians think she died, but others theorize she may have lived on another dimension and started her own family, with no memories of her old life.

[onenicebugperday]

Yellow pasha butterfly caterpillar, Herona marathus, Apaturinae (Emperors)

Photographed in China by jiangyou

[strawlessandbraless]

Yellow Pasha Butterfly Caterpillar (Herona marathus)

[herpsandbirds]

Two-tailed Pasha (Charaxes jasius), family Nymphalidae, Portugal

photograph by Adam Gor

[razehider]

Charaxes jasius caterpillars are predominantly active in winter so i was surprised when i found a summer generation. these are very early instars but already decently grown. the shape is there, they just need to get a little bit more green and like five times bigger

(July 5th, 2024)

[indoorscreamingvoice]

two tailed pasha! absolutely in love with this butterflly so id definitely like to paint the outside pattern but its very intricate n i didnt trust my skill level yet :.D definitely the most realistic of all the paintings so far, gonna do some more with more funky colors again

my sister found an old painting of mine [probably done when i was around 10] and seeing the similarities and differences between the two paintings makes me kinda emotional hrrnnr <3 <3 [[i have always been ill like this, this is old, this is old]]

leaving this painting at school when it was a wip was like the only thing that actually got me to go to school yesterday lmao

[sakuraswordly]

[i-eat-butterflies-when-im-alone]

TWÖ TĀÎŁĖD PÅŚHÀ BÜTTĘRFŁŸ

it has two tails!!!!!!

count to two!!!!!!!! do it now!!!!!!!!!!!!

[to-be-a-dreamer]

I talked about this in the tags of a reblog but I need to expand on this because my brain is vibrating and it's all Hank Freaking Green's fault. This will not be coherent at all just roll with it.

I don't know if it was on purpose or not but the scene where The Fix and Pasha were flirting by exchanging fun facts did so so much for the Fix's character in my mind because like. Pasha is the only character we've seen who had a positive response to the Fix's fun facts right off the bat. (Presumably the orphans at the Home for Wayward Interests had positive responses but I'm specifically talking about on-screen reactions.)

The targets that the Fix talks to are so terrified by his facts that they just disintegrate on the spot. The DA is mildly annoyed at best by them. Even the other Prefrontal PIs are freaked out or confused by them at first. It takes a couple episodes for them to come around to his fun facts, especially after "half the bones in your body" one. It takes them some time to realize that that's just how The Fix communicates his thoughts and ideas. He uses his fun facts as a way to connect and bond with friends just as much as he uses them to intimidate his targets.

But Pasha is the first person we see and, presumably, one of the only people in The Fix's life to hear one of his facts and not only immediately accept and understand it to be a method of conversation, but to also respond with a fact of their own and have an entire conversation with The Fix in the way he feels most comfortable.

We've seen so many times that The Fix goes out of his way to try and appear less threatening or even avoid people altogether because he knows most people are scared of him because of his appearance. It takes him so long to convince the other Prefontal PIs that he's really not going to hurt Conrad (compare how quickly Dan is a part of the group and how his motives are never questioned despite how vocal he is about hating Conrad and being all too eager to turn him over to the police and/or have him murdered to how long it takes The Fix) and he doesn't even seem hurt by the idea that all these people think he would murder a child when he's clearly a very kind and loving person, especially to children.

He's just. Come to terms with the fact that everyone's first impression of him will be this big intimidating presence who enjoys hurting people. But he's not. He's just passionate about his job, like everyone else in the city. It just happens to be that his job is to keep Elias focused, which means letting go of the butterfly tails. When he's tasked with eliminating someone who doesn't seem like they need to be eliminated, he immediately stops and questions the case. As far as I can tell, he doesn't like to kill people, he doesn't do it for fun. He does it because that's his job, literally the only thing he was made to do. But he's come to accept that most people will always be afraid of him because of that job.

And then he meets Pasha, who immediately accepts his form of communication without question or confusion. Who isn't afraid or intimidated by him. Who isn't just entertaining his fun facts but is actively engaging and returning with her own. She is the first person (who isn't a child, who is the Fix's peer) that The Fix could talk to without having to explain himself. The first person who wasn't afraid or confused or annoyed by the way he expresses himself.

Like. I dunno I imagine it would almost be like moving to a foreign country as a child and not being able to speak in your native language because every time you do people are suspicious of you or annoyed that you aren't speaking the local language or just plain don't understand you, even if they're trying to be kind about it. And it's harder to explain yourself and express your thoughts in this new language but you learn and you adapt because it's the only way to survive. Then you meet someone who speaks your language. Someone who allows you to speak freely and for the first time you can actually express yourself fully and easily. And they're speaking back to you in the language you think in and for once you don't have to translate everything before you say it out loud and after you hear it. I think that would feel so freeing.

So yeah, I'm guessing that scene was supposed to be a silly goofy one-off gag that's just funny and cute but it genuinely means so much to me. Truly I don't get people who say The Fix isn't as deep or interesting as the other characters he is FACINATING to me and this isn't even touching on his relationship with Conrad or what he might be feeling after learning Ichabod was Pasha's brother. (If it gets revealed that Ichabod was one of The Fix's first hits I will lose it.)

Thank you for coming to my late-night nonsense ramblings I hope I was mildly entertaining

[serialadoptersbracket]

Round 5, Match 3: The Fix vs. Kanan Jarrus and Hera Syndulla

Submitted kids:

The Fix: Conrad Schintz, and then he adopted like, an whole orphanage, named Madam Loathings home for wayward interests

Kanan and Hera: Ezra Bridger, Sabine Wren, Zeb Orrelios, Chopper

Propaganda under the cut!

The Fix:

1. “Ok ok so. Spoilers for mentopolis: First some context that mentopolis is a show that takes place inside one guys brain, all the characters represent something in the brain, and the guy whos brain they are in, named Elias Hodge, is so so very sad.

Ok so, The Fix, the personification of hyper fixation, is like is someone who has spent most of his life working for people, where his job was to 'eliminate distractions' (He kills people, basically). Then one day he is told to eliminate a child. His name is Conrad Schintz (Or the Conscience, due to an accident that happened to the guys who's brain they are in when he was a child- Conrad stopped thing he was useful, aka Elias stopped using his conscience, so his conscience has not grown since the incident, leaving him a small child)

The Fix has never had to hurt a kid before, and he doesn't want to do that, so he instead goes into protecting Conrad. Conrad kind of hates himself though and also kind of thinks he deserves to die so that's not good.

The Fix gave this like, beautiful speech to Conrad once about how hes important, I wont give the whole thing but something along the lines of "There is a butterfly who has a tail that is there for if a bird was to grab on to the tail, it would break off and the butterfly would escape. I don't think you are the tail of the butterfly, I think you are the butterfly." (its better in the actual show). I cry. There is another speech about eagles he gives Conrad when Conrad offers himself, to basically die, but i don't remember it that well.

Other then Conrad though! So There is this orphanage, called Madama Loathings home for wayward interests. Basically its a bunch of kids that represent past interests of Elias. Its run by this women called Madam Loathing (represents Elias' self Loathing)(she is very mean to the kids). The Fix donates a lot of money to this place, and visits a lot, the kids there love him and think he is so so cool. There is this one kid named Ronnie Reptile. He loves reptiles, and The fix gives him reptile facts, its cute. In the first episode, The Fix tells Madam Loathing how any of those kids/interests could be rediscovered by Elias at any time, and madam loathing sort of taunts The Fix, sort of saying how "Oh I'm sure I can tell the kids they will call be adopted by The Fix soon, but that would be kind of cruel, wouldn't it?" Implying that that won't happen. (cause, The Fix is hyper fixation, and hyper fixation adopting an interest would be good, you know.).

Note that Conrad used to live at madam loathing's, because he was mis identified as just a simple interest and not Elias' whole sense of conscience, but Corad ran away with his best friend, a dog named Justin. He lived on the streets after that.*

So a bit later on in the series The Fix and Conrad have to go to to madam loathing's together (and another character is with them but he isnt relevant for this). When they get there Madam Loathing asks The fix if he is here to drop of Conrad here, and The immediately is like "Absolutely not, shut the fuck up." (I think that's the direct quote). I just really like that scene.

At the end, end of the series. Some plot stuff happens. The Fix met a women named Pasha N (She represents Passon), and they are in love, The fix proposes to her, its sweet, but then madam Loathing, who got some like, character growth I won't really go into here, and she says to The Fix how, she needs to go on a trip to find herself, and then she offers the entire orphanage to The Fix and Pasha, which is accepted. So in the end of the show, The Fix has basically adopted, that entire orphanage, so thats a lot of kids, along with Pasha, but she isn't in the show as much so I wont submit them as a pair. I didnt mention it before but The Fix is known for knowing a lot of facts and saying "Did you know." before saying a fact, which a lot of the time, it is a fact that is truly terrifying but thats a lot, and The narration at the end of the shows, says how The Fix and Pasha spend their lives with kids around them, constantly saying "Did you know? Did you know?" and it is very sweet. Conrad sort of had his own ending away from The Fix, but I still head cannon that The Fix adopted him too and Conrad comes to the orphanage sometimes.”

2. “listen. i don't know if this really counts as propaganda but just saying, mr. the fix thinks you're not the tail of a swallowtail butterfly. you are the butterfly.”

Kanan Jarrus and Hera Syndulla:

“The parents ever. Healthiest family dynamics in the galaxy. Families that kill fascists together stay together. Kanan managed to keep an extremely traumatized child on the light side of the force, Hera kept a volatile Mandalorian from blowing herself up (and Chopper from murdering everyone). So good at adopting, they taught Ezra to adopt uncles with increasingly homicidal tendencies. So good at adopting, they successfully competed with the aforementioned crime uncles and kept Ezra. So good at adopting, they managed to adopt a grown ass man 10 years older than them.”

[sh1-n0bu]

Hmm, perhaps a fluffy date with an Arataki Itto who is trying to impress the reader by showing off for the event requests?

If that doesn't strike you, anything with Julian Devorak or Muriel from The Arcana would SLAP - I haven't seen many others into it on here yet and you reminded me of its existence jkshkjgfd

✿ 𝙫𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨? ✿

characters: murial, julian devorak x nb!reader (separate)

warnings: fluff, crack, the idiots (affectionately) are bad at feelings, mazelinka portia and asra best wingmen😤💪

notes: i literally accidentally deleted this entire fic at 3 in the fucking morning last night and went to sleep with angry tears like a bitch

poor gentle giant has never heard of valentines day before so when asra and faust brought it up, he just stood there with a cute, confused look on his face and a tilted head

muriel has never pursued romantic relationships or even a normal human interaction at that so when asra suddenly brought up about a day where people ask the one they have affections for out on a date, his mind just short circuited

cue a cute flustered mountain of a man, tripping over his words, trying to deny his feelings for you

it took him a long time to understand that the butterflies in his stomach, heat rising to his cheeks and hand twitching to hold yours was a normal thing for people in love

and it took him even longer to accept that feeling and his affections towards you

it took hours of lecture from both asra and his familiar faust to knock some sense into the gentle giant

when muriel returned to his little hut in the forest, he couldn’t sit still in one place for even a minute

pacing back and forth, mumbling about the “what-ifs”, hell he even asked inanna about whether he should confess or not

after getting the “are-you-serious?” look from inanna, muriel finally made up his mind

soon valentines day came and there he was, standing in front of your little cottage with a fresh new clothes - your gifted green scarf still wrapped around his neck - holding a bouquet of flowers that he picked and wrapped himself

after debating all sorts of things in his mind, he finally sucked it up and knocked on your door

gods, you always takes his breath away

after snapping out of his simping over you, the gentle giant finally came clean of his feelings

“ahem… uhm i heard from asra and faust… that today is a day for couples and i thought…”

“…will you be my valentine, [name]?”

ah yes the ever scheming, masochist, i-hide-my-true-feelings-behind-fake-smiles-and-flirty-personality doctor, the first character i simped for in arcana

ilya is so used to always hiding behind charming lies, deceitful words and fake personalities that when portia pointed out that he holds affections for you, he denied and denied for almost an entire year

which what got him being chased around portia’s little cottage with the owner of the house chasing after him with a wet rag while pepi the cat sat back and watched, purring with amusement

he finally decided to face the music and ask you on valnetines when even mazelinka joined in on the scolding all the while knocking him over the head with her infamous wooden spoon

“oh come on! how long do you plan to make [name] wait, ilya?! they won’t be patient forever!”

“your sister has a point. suck it up and tell them how you feel already! i’m sick of watching you sigh and mumble their name in your sleep, you idiot!”

“ow! okay-ow! pasha! mazelinka! please have mercy!!”

the next morning julian woke up with a massive headache

and so soon enough, valentines day comes and there he stands, in front of your door, hand made box of chocolates in hand with all the blood in his body rushing to his cheeks

after checking himself over for the hundredth time in a close by water, he took a deep breath before finally knocking on the front of your home

“ahem. ahaha! my darling, dearest [name]! it appears that a certain little birdie has told me about your infatuation with me! so i have decided to make it easier for you and ask you out first. will you be my valentine darling?”

uh-huh sure julian. acting as if he wasn’t stress-eating the night before. you aint slick

[sicktrix]

Mentopolis fandom there’s a butterfly called the Two-Tailed Pasha and it looks like this:

Do what you will with this information.

[onenicebugperday]

Two-tailed pasha, Charaxes jasius, Nymphalidae

Photo 1 by johnnyrandom, 2 by ronald63, and 3-7 by mazzeip

[inlustre]

(  cemre  baysel  .  cis  woman  .  she  /  her  )  .    ⸻   selin  yalçınkaya  ,   a  twenty-six  year  old  ,  has  survived  another  day  in  red  creek  where  they  have  lived  for  their  entire  life  .  the  social  butterfly  is  known  for  being  spirited  and  acquiescent  and  is  often  associated  with  the  metallic  taste  of  blood  from  biting  your  tongue  in  an  effort  not  to  talk  back  ,  a  smile  bright  enough  to  dispel  blame  even  when  you  deserve  it  ,  and  the  ache  to  return  to  the  wildness  of  childhood  .  in  a  small  town  where  they  work  as  the  co-owner  of  amrak  grocery  store  word  travels  fast  .  it’s  hard  to  keep  a  secret  ,  and  it  looks  like  the  boogeyman  knows  that  redacted  .  

              𝐚𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 …

trying hard not to laugh when you're supposed to be quiet , perpetually chasing the headrush of falling in love or jumping off a cliff , fingertips stained with charcoal hours after you've put the pencil down , the metallic taste of blood from biting your tongue in an effort not to talk back , still using puppy dog eyes to get out of trouble , cataloging your life in receipts and ticket stubs , choking on the magnitude of your own yearning , wholeheartedly believing in making wishes on shooting stars and birthday candles , sleepless nights spent haunted by paths not chosen , being the first to start conversations with strangers , tending to your resentment in secret , kisses that taste like strawberry chapstick , a smile bright enough to dispel blame even when you deserve it , and the ache to return to the wildness of childhood .

              𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 …

     # 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯

full name :  selin seda yalçınkaya .  nickname(s) :  sel .  occupation :  co-owner of amrak grocery store .  birthday + age :  april 18th + 26 .  gender + pronouns :  cis woman + she / her .  orientation :  bisexual .

     # 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯

birthplace + hometown :  red creek , michigan . highest level of education :  bachelor's degree in business management .  nationality :  american .  ethnicity :  turkish .  spoken languages :  english , turkish , & conversational spanish .

     # 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯

parents :  aslı yalçınkaya ( mother , former owner of amrak grocery store ) , erdem yalçınkaya ( father , police officer at red creek's sheriff's department ) .  siblings :  taylan yalçınkaya ( twin , nhl player & co-owenr of amrak grocery store ) .  children :  none .  pets :  a long-haired tabby cat named pasha ( turkish for king or high-ranking officer ) . 

     # 𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯

faceclaim : cemre baysel . eye color :  green .  hair color + style :  brown waist-lenth curly hair , almost always worn loose & natural .  height :  five feet , five inches .  build :  slim , toned .  tattoos : three abstract butterflies along her left shoulder , abstract magnolias down her back , & her brother's initials behind her left ear . piercings :  double ear piercings on both sides , naval piercing .  scars / marks :  small scar underneath her chin from splitting it open after she fell off her bike & one on her left wrist from breaking it trying to jump a chain-link fence when she was fourteen years old .

     # 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯

zodiac : aries sun , tbd moon , tbd rising .  character tropes :  the social butterfly , the dutiful daughter , the rebel in disguise , the artist , the caged bird .  temperament :  choleric-sanguine .  alignment :  chaotic good .  positive traits :  spirited , lionhearted , confident , disarming .  negative traits :  acquiescent , impulsive , resentful , competitive .  drug + alcohol use :  social drinker & marijuana smoker , has dabbled in psychedelics but not really since high school .  nervous habit(s) :  twirling her hair & biting her nails .  favorite color :  red .  favorite scent(s) :  patchouli , amber , cinnamon & musk .

               𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 …

( click for recommended paired reading ) selin grew up alongside her twin brother in a relatively strict household with their father , a police officer , as the main authority figure in their lives . as a kid selin was just as troublemaking as her brother taylan , albeit a less frequent offender , so she was almost never blamed for any wrongdoing unless directly caught in the act . even then , her actions were always dismissed on the account of her brother's "bad" influence , and never on the authority of her own choices . she quickly realized her parents had already set the mold for who she was to become : she was the good influence , the good twin . witnessing firsthand the tumultuous relationship between her brother and father , and the way her mother turned an absent eye to their family quarrels , selin quietly accepted the role set out for her .

although the yalçınkaya siblings grew up in a well-off household , with their father being a police officer and their mother owning and operating the town's local grocery store , there was nothing extravagant about their upbringing . they never took lavish family vacations , never owned flashy cars , or did anything else to flaunt their wealth . selin's father , egotistical and ever obsessed with appearances and being perceived by the people of red creek as a good person , chose instead to instill the importance of giving back to the community . it was only ever with generous donations funneled back into the small town that people were reminded they had money . between helping her mother with the grocery store and community service , selin was very involved with all things relating to red creek from a young age .

even though she loved her town , she never imagined she'd live in red creek her whole life . classmates of hers might recall how she used to swear up and down she'd go to an art school abroad some day and backpack around the world in the summers between classes . the older she got , the more those dreams faded , until even selin herself would agree they sounded like nothing more than the fantastical ramblings of a child . art was still an innate passion , starting with the crayon scribbles on the walls of her childhood home to the tattoo design journal she keeps tucked under her pillow like a diary . but it was a passion immediately dismissed by both parents , deemed a hobby and not something practical nor perusable . to this day the only time someone in her family , aside from her brother , has validated her art was when she redesigned amrak's grocery store logo and storefront for her mother .

when her twin got drafted for the nhl , it was both the happiest and saddest moment of her life . she'd never been apart from him , never had to imagine what life might look like without the one person who knows exactly what it felt like to grow up the way she did . knowing the way he felt miserable in red creek , selin wanted nothing more than for him to find happiness away from the shadow of their father , even if she couldn't help but resent the fact that he got to leave and she was stuck exactly where she had always been . with one child gone , her mother's attention , when not on the family business , was focused entirely on selin . without asking for it , her parents had given her another gift , a path with every stone laid out already : she was to take over as owner of amrak grocery store . selin attended a nearby university as a business major , the occasional art class she got to take her only consolation . although it wasn't what she wanted , she had a mind for business management .

the years after graduating with her bachelor's were spent being gradually prepped to become the new owner of the grocery store . the more guilt and pressure she felt to do what was expected of her , the more she started experiencing new anxiety . it started with recurring nightmares , all stressed induced . she started having issues focusing , causing friction with her mother when it seemed like selin wasn't trying hard enough . returning to her childhood home at the end of everyday would bring an unshakable nausea that was only alleviated once she moved out into her own apartment . the culmination of her anxiety , however , came after her brother's accident , leaving selin feeling more unstable than she ever has . the recent disappearance if daniela estrada , who selin had been friends with her entire life , only added to it .

               𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 & 𝐭𝐢𝐝𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐬 …

she wears her social butterfly label with pride . selin's never met a person she couldn't carry a conversation with , even if she's the one that has to do the most talking . living in red creek her whole life , chances are if you're a local , you know who she is , no matter your age . helping her mom with the town's grocery store from a young age , it was easy for her to interact with all sorts of residents . she was definitely the type of person that got excited when adults deemed her old enough to include her in town gossip and important matters . growing up her and her brother taylan had a reputation for being fun to go out with , and you never knew what to expect when the twins were involved ( though in her brother's case , it was often a fight ) .

although she by far has the better reputation , much like her brother , selin has a reckless side ; she's just a lot better at hiding it . friends and even distant acquaintances might recall the party she threw her senior year of high school inside amrak long after operating hours that ended with the register reporting on the mysterious vandalization and robbery of the beloved local business , a crime that never was . or perhaps regulars at redstone could recall her brief dalliances with the motorcycle gang members that like to pass through . her own father could recall one of the few times his wrath ever rained down on selin , when she was hauled into the red creek sheriff's department after smashing in the windshield of a disastrous date who wouldn't take no for an answer's car . because she's almost always so well behaved , or at least seen that way , she's surprisingly good at getting people to agree to trouble when she's feeling up for it .

she's terrified of disappointing her parents and has let that guilt and fear run her life . at this point selin feels like it's too late to go back or start over , and the weight of all her unlived dreams gets heavier everyday . she's taken over the grocery store and is trying her best to pour her full ambition into it , but if she could choose what she really wanted to do , it would be to become a tattoo artist . she's constantly sketching new designs , although her art has become increasingly private over the years , only choosing to share it with a select few people . those in her life have probably received more than one restaurant napkin portrait or homemade card , though , and if you ask her to make you something she would be amiss to turn you down . she was definitely that kid in middle school customizing her friend's converse or backpacks . aside from drawing , selin's love for art extends to pottery and even upcycling clothes . creative outlets are more and more important to her the more she gets into being a business owner .

she's been described more than once as the kind of girl that can light up a room with a smile . selin genuinely loves people ( or a majority of them , anyway ) and isn't the type of person to quickly make enemies with anyone . however , despite her friendly nature , if she doesn't like you , you'll definitely know it . she doesn't believe in pretenses , even if her parent's would prefer it . although physical violence is more her brother's forte , selin has a quick tongue , and her aggression almost always manifests itself in forms of verbal arguments . she can either be the type to hold onto a grudge forever , or forgive in a matter of hours ; it truly depends on the circumstance . excessively responsible since childhood , a product of having taylan as a sibling , if you need her you can always count on selin . still , she tries not to take life too seriously , all too aware with how short life can be .

she still desperately wants to get out of red creek and see the world one day ; her dream vacation would be somewhere warm surrounded by water . when she was fourteen and broke her wrist she made practically the entire town sign her cast . she's had the same hair length and style since she was a child , and would die before she ever cuts it . her favorite movie is pretty woman and she could probably recite the entire thing start to finish from memory alone . she's felt permanently guilty since she was eight years old but is being so normal and chill about it . her favorite season is autumn , specifically when the air first starts to feel crisp . selin used to play rugby growing up , although now her athletic side is satisfied by workout classes at the local gym , leaving sports to her brother . she has a fear of heights , but would jump out of an airplane or the side of a cliff in a heartbeat . she wholeheartedly believes she leaves a little piece of her heart in the pockets of everyone she's ever loved , no matter where they currently stand . is the type to legit believe a bear wouldn't attack her because it can sense her vibes .

     # 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴

tbd hehe <3

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Two-tailed Pasha (Charaxes jasius), family Nymphalidae, Spain

photograph by Marina Gonzalez Camara

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Butterfly #64: Two-tailed Pasha (Charaxes jasius)

Image credits: 1, 2, 3

This butterfly is the only European species of its genus.

Bonus caterpillar pics for your perusal:

Image credits: 1 + 2, 3, 4