#Silver Oak Cookie

[bellatheinkdemon]

Grieving is hard...

(Aka, Faerie Guard/Silver Oak comforts his little half-sister, Blue Stargazer Lily, after the death of their Dad)

[llumimoon]

been doodling the band au I made w/ my friends .... it's got frontman Scary, drummer Link, bassist Margarita, keyboardist/soundboard Taylor, manager Hermie and fanboy/intern Normal LMAOO

It's very fun and silly ^-^ there's also some plot stuff but I won't get into that unless ppl ask lol

[kaseyskat]

happy wip weds uhhhhhh this fic is titled sparrow oak garcia's art studio for wayward teens in my gdocs and was largely inspired by musings with my beloved friend circle about how in a no-doodler world sparrow has the most potential to be The Adult Friend of the teens so yeah

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“Tell you what,” Normal’s mom smiles – the same mischievous smile that Normal must have inherited – and she pulls a card out of the pockets of her cardigan, offering one to Hermie. “This is a voucher for one of my lessons, address and all. If you ever need something to do on weekend evenings, or even if you just need a place to hang out, feel free to stop by any time. Any friend of Normal’s is welcome.” 

Hermie, despite themself, takes the card. 

Friend of Normal’s. They are not a friend of Normal’s, despite his best efforts. Hermie knows this, Normal’s other friends know this, and now they’re pretty sure that Normal’s own mom knows this from the way she watches them passively, like she’s waiting for them to snap and tear the card into pieces and shatter Normal’s heart in the same fell swoop. 

Hermie refuses to give her the satisfaction. Instead, they swallow and plaster a fake smile onto their face, slipping the card into their pocket. “Thank you, Miss Swallows-Oak-Garcia,” they say, stilted. 

“Just Oak-Garcia now, and you can just call me Sparrow. Makes it easier for all of us, hm?” Normal’s mom gives a little wave of her hand, gesturing Normal to her. “It was nice meeting you, Hermie. I hope I see you again.” 

Another threat. Hermie bristles, but they keep the fake smile plastered on for as long as they can, fiddling with the card in their pocket. “Likewise,” they lie. 

[greenwitchcrafts]

December 2023 witch guide

Full moon: December 26th

New moon: December 12th

Sabbats: Yule December 21st-January 1st

December Cold Moon

Known as: Drift Clearing Moon, Frost Exploding Tree Moon, Moon of the Popping Trees, Hoar Frost Moon, Snow Moon, Winter, Aerra Geola, Maker Moon, Heilagmanoth, Long Night's Moon, Oak Moon, Wintermonat, Moon of the Long Night, Little Spirit Moon, Wolf Moon & When the Deer Shed Their Antlers Moon

Element: Fire

Zodiac: Sagittarius & Capricorn

Nature spirits: Snow, Storm, & Winter Tree faeries

Deities: Athena, Fates, Hades, Hathor, Hecate, Ixchel, Minerva, Neith, Norns, Osiris & Persephone

Animals: Bear, deer, horse & mouse

Birds: Robin, rook & snowy owl

Trees: Fir, Holly & Pine

Herbs: Bay, cedar, chamomile, cinnamon, English ivy, evergreen, fir, frankincense, holly, mistletoe, myrrh, pine & sage

Flowers: Christmas catus, holly & poinsettia

Scents: Cedar, cinnamon, frankincense, ginger, lilac, myrrh, nutmeg, patchouli, pine, rose geranium, rosemary, saffron, violet & wintergreen

Stones: Bloodstone, blue topaz, cat's eye, garnet, jacinth, obsidian, peridot, turquoise, zircon, ruby & serpentine

Colors: Black, blood red, gold, green, red, silver, black & white

Energy: Alchemy, darkness, endurance, death & re-birth, higher education, publications, reaching out to others, religion, spiritual paths, travel & truth

Today, December’s full Moon is most commonly known as the Cold Moon—a Mohawk name that conveys the frigid conditions of this time of year, when cold weather truly begins to grip us.

This full Moon has also been called the Long Night Moon (Mohican), as it rises during the “longest” nights of the year, near the December winter solstice. This name is doubly fitting because December’s full Moon shines above the horizon for a more extended period than most full Moons.

In Europe, ancient pagans called the December full Moon the “Moon Before Yule,” in honor of the Yuletide festival celebrating the return of the sun heralded by winter solstice.

Yule

Also known as: Alban, Arthan & Winter Solstice

Season: Winter

Symbols: Baskets of clove studded fruit, Christmas catus,  decorated evergreen trees, evergreen boughs, gifts, gold pillar candles, hung mistletoe, poinsettias, wreaths & Yule logs/small Yule log with three candles

Colors: Gold, green, orange, red, silver, white &yellow

Oils/incense: Bayberry, cedar, cinnamon, frankincense. Myrrh & pine

Animals: Bear, boar, deer (stag), pig, squirrel & tiger

Birds: Eagle, goose, kingfisher, lapwing, owl robin & wren

Stones: Bloodstone, garnet, ruby, alexandrite, blue topaz,  cat's eye, citrine, clear quartz, diamond, emerald, green tourmaline, jet, kunzite & pearl

Foods: Caraway cakes, cookies, eggnog, fruits, ginger tea, nuts, pork, spiced cider, turkey, wassail & lamb's wool (ale,  sugar, nutmeg & roasted apples)

Herbs/plants: Bay, bayberry, birch, blessed thistle, cedar, chestnut, cinnamon, evergreens, fir, frankincense, ginger, holly, ivy, juniper, mistletoe, moss, myrrh, oak, pine, rosemary, sage, valerian & yellow cedar

Flowers: Chamomile, poinsettia & yarrow

Goddesses: Alcyone, Aphrodite, Ameratasu, Bona Dea, Brighid, Cailleach Bheur, Demeter, Diana, Fortuna, Frau Holle, Frau Perchta, Frigga, Gaia, Hel, Great Mother, Idunn, Isis, Ishtar, Kolyada, La Befana, Maat & Tiamat

Gods: Apollo, Attis, Balder, Bragi, Dionysus, Divine Child, Green Man, Helios, Holly King, Horned one, Horus, Janus, Lord of Misrule, Lugh, Mabon, Marduk, Mithras, Odin, Ra, Saturn & Surya

Issues Intentions & Powers: Darkness, divination, light, messages/omens, purification, rebirth/renewal & transformation

Spellwork: Earth magick, happiness, harmony, love & peace

Activities:

• Set up & decorate a Yule altar

• Clean, organize & cleanse before decorating your home

• Make witch's balls to hang on your tree (protective & pretty!)

• Decorate & bless & Yule tree

• Stay awake until dawn to observe the cycles of nature

• Give gifts tomyour family & friends

• Donate your time or helpful items to charity

• Go caroling

• Hang mistletoe in your doorways

• Make Wassail

• Prepare a Yule Log

• Host a Yule feast

• Craft your own decorative wreath

• Decorate your house with Yule colored candles

• Welcome the Sun

• Go on nature walks & leave offerings to nature

• Meditate & reflect on the passing year

“Yule” comes from Old English geol, which shares a history with the equivalent word from Old Norse, jól. Both these words referred to a midwinter festival centered around the winter solstice, which traditionally marked the halfway point of the winter season. After the solstice—the shortest day of the year—the days again begin to grow longer, so it’s thought that Yule was a celebration of the re-appearance of the Sun &the fertile land’s rebirth. 

The celebration of Yule is one of the oldest winter celebrations in the world. Ancient people were hunters & spent most of their time outdoors. The seasons & weather played a significant part in their lives. The customs and traditions associated with it vary widely.

Scholars have connected the original celebrations of Yule to the Wild Hunt, the god Odin, and the heathen Anglo-Saxon Mōdraniht ("Mothers' Night")

Some believe it marks the rebirth of the Sun (the God) from the Earth (the Goddess) & the cold days of winter will soon begin to wane. The Goddess is seen in her virgin Maiden aspect

In towns and cities throughout Sweden during the Christmas season, large goats are constructed out of straw. It is thought that the tradition originated in ancient times, perhaps as a tribute to the god Thor, who was said to ride in a chariot pulled by goats. In Sweden the goat came to be associated with the Christmas celebration, and the Yule goat is now considered by many to be a companion or counterpart to Santa Claus.

Related festivals:

Christmas- An annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ as the son of God, primarily observed on December 25th

Hanukkah- A Jewish festival commemorating the recovery of Jerusalem & subsequent rededication of the Second Temple at the beginning of the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire in the 2nd century BCE.

Hanukkah is observed for eight nights & days, starting on the 25th day of Kislev according to the Hebrew calendar, which may occur at any time from late November to late December in the Gregorian calendar. The festival is observed by lighting the candles of a candelabrum with nine branches, commonly called a menorah or hanukkiah. 

Kwanzaa- An annual celebration of African-American culture from December 26 to January 1st, culminating in a communal feast called Karamu, usually on the sixth day. It was created by activist Maulana Karenga, based on African harvest festival traditions from various parts of West & Southeast Africa. Kwanzaa was first celebrated in 1966. 

A Kwanzaa ceremony may include drumming and musical selections, libations, a reading of the African Pledge & the Principles of Blackness, reflection on the Pan-African colors, a discussion of the African principle of the day or a chapter in African history, a candle-lighting ritual, artistic performance & finally, a feast of faith (Karamu Ya Imani).

Saturnalia-

is an ancient Roman festival and holiday in honour of the god Saturn, held on 17 December of the Julian calendar & later expanded with festivities through to 23 December. The holiday was celebrated with a sacrifice at the Temple of Saturn, in the Roman Forum & a public banquet, followed by private gift-giving, continual partying & a carnival atmosphere that overturned Roman social norms: gambling was permitted & masters provided table service for their slaves as it was seen as a time of liberty for both slaves and freedmen alike.

 A common custom was the election of a "King of the Saturnalia", who gave orders to people, which were followed & presided over the merrymaking. The gifts exchanged were usually gag gifts or small figurines made of wax or pottery known as sigillaria. The poet Catullus called it "the best of days".

Other celebrations:

Feast of Epona-

Eponalia is the feast day of Gaulish Goddess Epona, the Divine Mare & in the time of the Roman Empire it was celebrated on December 18th.

Epona is known to be one of a very few Gaulish deities whose names were spread to the rest of the Roman Empire. This seems to have happened because Roman cavalry units stationed in Gaul followed Her & adopted her as their Patroness. This may have started because many of the cavalry troops were conscripted from Gaul as they were superb horsemen. From Gaul the Romans took Epona with them including to Rome where She was given her own feast day on the 18 December. They worshipped her as Epona Augusta or Epona Regina & invoked her on behalf of the Emperor. She even had a shrine in the barracks of the Imperial Bodyguard.

Hunting of the Wren-

A traditional custom carried out on the Isle of Man on the 26 December, St. Stephen's Day. It consists of groups of people going around villages and towns singing and dancing a traditional song and dance around a decorated wren pole.

The earliest and most common folklore story accounting for the origin of hunt the wren tells of a fairy/enchantress/witch whose beauty lures the men of the Isle of Man to harm, for which she is chased and is changed into the form of a wren. It is therefore in punishment for her actions that the wren is hunted on St. Stephen's Day

Sources:

Farmersalmanac.com

Llewellyn's Complete Book of Correspondences by Sandra Kines

A Witch's Book of Correspondences by Viktorija Briggs

Llewellyn's 2023 magical almanac: practical magic for everyday living

Wikipedia

Encyclopedia Britannica

[names-for-alters]

Hello one and all, alters and headmates! I am Charlie! I like to make lists! I also hoard names! Are you looking for a name? GREAT! You can send an ask and request a specific aesthetic or origin of name, or you can look at my list!

With that said…

…Cracks knuckles…

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[writer-and-artist27]

Tumblr Story: Reformed Bully

Note: For @dollya-robinprotector. Since you’re going through a rough patch, I thought some fluff would work in easing the stress.

Very light FGO/Passing Days-DOL crossover and all. Based heavily off this one ask and this comic that led me to meeting you, Dollya. :) Written as thanks for talking with me and bonding over the FGO gnomes.

Was listening to YOASOBI’s Idol when writing this. And Dr. Stone’s One Small Step.

Now if y’all excuse me, I need to sleep. More hematopathology work tomorrow.

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By the time Vy had noticed the door show up in her room, she wasn’t surprised anymore. It even decided to appear once she had finished packing up the latest batch of magic peanut butter cookies for the Servants, but compared to the previous door, this one had—

“A silver handle…?” Unlike all of Chaldea’s sliding doors and the previous magic entrance that led to another Master’s world, this door looked almost ordinary, its white oak furnishings and matching pale silver doorknob making it look like it came out of a Home Depot. Even when compared to the white walls of her room in Novum Chaldea, the newest entryway looked… mundane. In spite of its faint glowing too.

Vy considered. Glancing down at her bags of cookies, one in particular stood out to Vy’s eye. It was a bit lopsided from including some of the bigger cookies of the batch, not to mention the rather crooked purple ribbon bow, but it was… it was apparently glowing the same faint yellow as the new door.

With one last look at the door, Vy felt herself smile wryly. “I guess… if this is glowing too… might as well try and take a chance as long as I’m not gone for too long, right? Just have to wear the right Mystic Code…”

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“Nngh…”

“…Oh dear,” Vy said for herself when stepping through the magic door. What waited beyond it was a grassy hill, a single tree overlooking what looked like a farm, and a single man lying in the grass, asleep with—with actual tears in his eyes. It wasn’t a stretch to believe he was suffering from a nightmare in spite of the warm atmosphere around him, but add in the light thrashing and the sweat beading his forehead, Vy knew she couldn’t leave him be. 

The blond fringe of hair hiding one side of his face away from view was the last nail in the metaphorical coffin. If his hair was ginger-colored instead of blonde, then—

I want to help this person just like I help Robin. 

It was why Vy kept the one bag of cookies from Chaldea nestled close to the chest of her Decisive Battle uniform, slowly getting to her knees and reaching out with one gloved hand.

“Sir,” she whispered softly, patting his shoulder as gently as she could. Her ponytail could be pushed over her shoulder later. Right now, someone was suffering, and— “Sir, please wake up. You’re having a nightmare.”

“N-Ngh—” The man groaned, nearly slapping her hand if not for Vy moving it out of the way just in time. “Lya—! Lya, I’m s—!”

“Sir,” Vy spoke more firmly, worry leaking into her voice before she realized it as her fingers reached up to pinch at his cheek. Sitting down on her knees, she said, “It’s alright — it’s over. It’s time for you to come back to reality now.”

The blond man got up with a start once her pinching registered, blue eyes wide with shock and tears once his spine made an audible crack from sitting up so abruptly. Vy immediately took her hand back, schooling her panic as best as she could once he looked at her past the haze in his blue eyes. “Lya—!” he blinked. “You’re… you’re not Lya.” His brow furrowed almost immediately, a glare settling in his eyes as he took her in. “Who are you, where did you come from, and when did you get to this farm?”

Typical, Vy thought. Outwardly, she did her best to smile placatingly, shrugging her shoulders. “Good morning to you too, good sir. I’m Vy — consider me a passerby who came through a magic door and saw someone crying in their sleep and therefore couldn’t leave them alone,” she said, pointing at her own eyes past her glasses to gesture to her newly awake companion. The “magic door” part of her statement wasn’t a complete lie, but it was enough to wipe some of the apprehension off of his face. “I’ve had experience with waking up with tears in my eyes, see.”

“…Oh.” And as soon as he said it, the man raised one calloused hand to wipe at his face, the tattooed wristband on his knuckles shining a darker shade of black with the droplets sticking to his skin with the motion. “…Did I look that much like shit?”

“Not as bad as someone who’s had the life literally burned out of them, no.” Vy said immediately, the image of the many victims of Camelot Gawain's Excalibur Galatine coming to the forefront of her mind before she pushed the thought away. That sight was just plain disgusting. “It could’ve been worse.” 

Now the man was looking at her with a completely new face. “Burned?”

She smiled and offered the bag of cookies in her arms to him instead. “Yep. I’ve seen worse than someone crying in their sleep, so you have nothing to worry about,” she answered in regards to his unspoken question, shaking her head. “Enough of debating the ‘worse’ in looks. Would you like some cookies? I have a bag right here for you.”

“…Cookies?” The man wasn’t staring daggers at her at least, but he still looked wary. “You made them?”

“With just peanut butter, eggs, and sugar, yes. They’re supposed to be ‘magic.’” Vy felt herself smile a bit wider once she could see the curiosity start to dawn on the man’s face. She offered the bag to him again, lopsided purple ribbon bow and all. “Don’t worry, I didn’t poison them and I taste-tested them beforehand. It just looked like you needed something sweet to work off the nightmare, sir.”

The man glanced at her, then at the bag in her hands, and back at her. “You… You don’t even know me,” he slowly choked out, a large drop of a tear forming in the corner of his visible eye as the blue of his iris widened to reflect her image. “You only just… you only just stumble on me, and you just—” 

Vy wasn’t sure whether to smile or just wait. She decided to opt for both while adding in an extra shrug of her shoulders. 

“I…” The man choked again, shaking his head while scrubbing at his face with his hand again. The tattoos — he had more on his other hand and even his neck — all of them looking like shackles to match his voice coming out vulnerable and raw-sounding once he said, “I hurt the woman I love. I hurt more than just her. I-I’m still scared I could hurt the family she gave me. So then, why would you—”

“What’s wrong,” Vy said quietly to cut off the self-deprecating rant, “with wanting to help someone, then?”

The man fell silent, the tear in his eye slowly growing big enough to streak his cheek as it then fell to the grass between them.

With a bit of mustered courage — from Mash, from Artoria, from Achilles, from Robin — Vy smiled a bit wider as she reached over with her left hand — glove, lotus-shaped Command Seals and all — to wipe at the man’s exposed cheek. “Hurt is just gonna happen, sir. That’s just how life is,” she said in a softer voice, ignoring the wetness starting to spread out against the fingertips of her glove as she rubbed his cheekbone as gently as she could. As Da Vinci might’ve done in her place, as the Eternal Genius. As Dr. Roman might’ve done in her place, as a medical professional — as a living human from King Solomon’s remains. “And even if I don’t know what happened to hurt you so much, what matters now is how you move forward in the face of all of it. And if you’re waking up like this, crying and worrying about how to treat the person you love even after you hurt her, I’d like to think you’re walking in the right direction.”

The man half-snorted, half-sniffled, but he didn’t slap her hand away. Instead, he weakly leaned into her palm, his other hand coming up to weakly grasp at the bag of cookies sitting between them. “…Huh.” A weak laugh leaves his lips, blue eyes teary still as he closed them for a shaky inhale of breath. “Guess I’m more fucked up than I thought, listening to a stranger and taking fucking peanut butter cookies from them.”

“I’m not a stranger when I previously said my name, sir, not to mention I offered the cookies in the first place,” Vy said plainly, but she still smiled at him. It was the least she could do. “And really — we’re all struggling in life. Might as well start somewhere. So.” She pushed the cookies into his shaking palm, forcing as much cheer into her voice as possible. “My name is Vy. What is yours, sir?”

The smile he gives her in that moment makes her think, Robin, again. Even with the ear piercings and the tattoos, his face looks bright for the first time ever in the sunlight peeking past the tree hanging over them and the farm sitting far away. “…Whitney. It’s… it’s Whitney.”

“Well then!” Vy hummed, making sure to pat his wet cheek a few more times for good measure before lowering her left hand to take his in a squeeze. “It’s nice to meet you, Whitney! Hurt and all! I have some time on my hands being a passerby, so why don’t we chat for a bit? Hopefully get the tears out of you too!” 

Because when barely anyone outside of Mash and the Servants — Robin especially — reached out when she woke up crying, the least Vy could do was make sure no one else could have a repeat experience.

[senditcolton]

1k Cele-Bakery Masterlist

THE ORDERS

“Lead Me to the Garden” Chai Cookies (blurbs)

Blue Salvia [JT Compher x reader] Candytuft [Tyson Jost x OC Madeleine Murphy] (part of the “call my bluff, call you babe” universe) Daffodil [Mat Barzal x OC Delaney Pierce] (part of “the pull of you” universe) Edelweiss [Matt Martin x reader] (part of the “we’re a bad idea” universe) Gardenia [Andrei Svechnikov x reader] (part of the ”king of my heart” alternate universe) Gardenia [Colton Parayko x OC Elizabeth Astor] (part of the “would it be enough?” universe) Holly [Tyson Jost x reader] Myrtle [Casey Cizikas x reader] Myrtle [Tyler Seguin x reader] Oak [Brock Boeser x reader] Oak [Ryan Graves x reader]

“Showstopper” Sugar Cookies (moodboards)

“at least we were electrified” with Matt Martin (part of the “we’re a bad idea” universe) Carnival Date with Andrei Svechnikov “Knights of Silver & Gold” with Marc-Andre Fleury Lake Shenanigans with Tyson Jost Renaissance Faire with Brock Boeser Vacation with Mat Barzal

“Wild and Wacky” Vintage Chocolate Cake (headcanons)

Getting Lost on a Long Drive with Tyson Jost Going to a Sauna with Mikko Rantanen Moving Into a New Home with Roope Hintz

“Sweet Like Honey” Buttermilk Honey Bread (playlists)

Forbidden Royal Romance with Andrei Svechnikov (part of the “king of my heart” universe)Meeting in a Bookshop with Sidney Crosby Unrequited Love with Erik Johnson

“The Apple of My Eye” Caramel Rose Apple Pie (fic recs)

Jake Oettinger Mikko Rantanen Sidney Crosby Tyson Jost

“Too Good, Too Pure” Cinnamon Roll (ask games)

Top 5 NHL Players Top 5 Places I’ve Seen Top 5 Tropes to Read Top 5 Tropes to Write Top 5 Underrated Active NHL Players Top 5 Vacation Spots

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[tjsgreenteamints]

essay about grief and possessions

i don't expect to use this essay for anything, and maybe thought somebody might resonate with it. i hope it does.

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i crave the proof that people exist, or more specifically, existed. it's why i love old things; they show a life lived. and when someone is ripped from you so suddenly, you hold on to anything that shows that they were ever there.

memories are unreliable. i remember a vacation i took several years ago, and for a moment i can see him there, walking just ahead of me. then i realize that's impossible; he had been dead for a year.

pictures feel strange and altered, when i see one of him. it feels like looking into another life of my own. seeing his face puts me directly back into the years he was living--for a moment, he doesnt feel gone--he feels alive. pictures do not give any inkling he is dead, or that time has even gone on from that point it was taken. he is eternal in that paper of captured light.

possessions and objects, however, tell a much different story. the object itself is indicative of a person: my stepfather owned countless dvds, office supplies, and sweaters, all painstakingly made neat. every cassette that now lives in my room shows what music he listened to. his small silver pocket radio, with which i now listen to NPR, the station he loyally donated to for years. even the junk drawer: it has remained largely the same in all the days since his death. i dare not touch what i don't need to, to avoid disturbing the tape and matches his hands put there.

his watch continues to tick on, on, and on, counting the hours between his last heartbeat and now. three years, two months, sixteen days. every click of the seconds-hand puts more distance between me and him. but wearing it on my wrist makes me feel to connected to him. he wore this watch too. his skin warmed its metal back.

surrounded by his possessions is the only time i am okay with my foolishness enough to talk to him. im looking for the paperclip jar, and notice a sleeve of cookies still left on his desk. i say out loud, "you still going to eat those?" i laugh at my own joke, but not in a self-deprecating way--much the opposite--i am at ease and happy, sitting in his old oak chair.

these objects give me a comfort no kind word or condolence has ever given me. i can't know for sure where he is now, but i do know that the sweaters i wear every winter, still very faintly tinged with his smell, are solid proof he was alive and that i knew him. even as my memory of him gradually fades, his presence can be found in his belongings. 

[ourbite-moved]

appearance meme. [ ERES EDITION ]

BODY.

long legs. short legs. average legs. slender thighs. thick thighs. muscular thighs. skinny arms. soft arms. toned arms. muscular arms. toned stomach. flat stomach. flabby stomach. soft stomach. six pack. beer belly. lean frame. slender frame. muscular frame. voluptuous frame. petite frame. lanky frame. short nails. long nails. manicured nails. dirty nails. flat butt. toned butt. bubble butt. thick butt. small waist. average waist. thick waist. narrow hips. average hips. wide hips. big feet. average feet. small feet. soft feet. slender feet. calloused feet. calloused hands. soft hands. big hands. average hands. small hands. long fingers. short fingers. average fingers. broad shoulders. underweight. average weight. overweight.

HEIGHT.

shorter than 140 cm. 141 cm-150 cm. 151 cm to 160 cm. 161 cm to 170 cm. 171 cm to 180cm. 181 cm to 190 cm. 191 cm to 2m. taller than 2 m.

EYES.

small. large. average. grey. brown. black. blue. red. green. gold amber. hazel. doe-eyed. almond. round. close-set. wide-set. squinty. monolid. heavy eyelids. upturned. downturned.

HAIR.

thin. thick. fine. normal. greasy. dry. soft. shiny. scruffy. frizzy. curly. wild. unruly. straight. smooth. wavy. floppy. cropped. pixie-cut. short. shoulder length. back length. waist length. floor length. buzz cut. undercut. bald. jaw length. mohawk. braids. vermilion. white / silver. platinum blonde. blonde. strawberry blonde. golden blonde. dirty blonde. ombre. light brown. mouse brown. chestnut brown. golden brown. chocolate brown. dark brown. jet black. ginger. auburn. dyed red. streaked. thin eyebrows. average eyebrows. thick eyebrows.

TATTOOS / PIERCINGS.

full sleeve. partial sleeve. arm tattoo. thigh tattoo. shin tattoo. wrist tattoo. full back tattoo. lower back tattoo. hand/finger tattoo. foot tattoo. neck tattoo. face tattoo. chest tattoo. one tattoo. a few here and there. multiple. no tattoo.

monroe piercing. nose piercing. septum. industrial piercings. earlobe piercing. prince albert piercing. eyebrow piercing(s). tongue piercing. lip piercing(s). tragus piercing. angel bites. labret. stretches out ears. navel piercing. inverse navel piercing. cheek piercing(s). smiley. nape piercing(s). no piercings.

COSMETICS.

light eyeliner. heavy eyeliner. cat eyes. mascara. fake eyelashes. matte lipstick. regular lipstick. lipgloss. red lips. pink lips. dark lips. bronzer. highlighter. eyeshadow. neutral eyeshadow. smoky eyes. colorful eyeshadow. blush. lipliner. light contouring. heavy contouring. powder. matte foundation. shiny foundation. concealer. wears make up regularly. wears makeup from time to time. never wears make-up.

SCENT.

floral. fruity. perfumes. aftershave. cocoa. moisturizer. natural soap. shampoo. cigarettes. leather. sweat. food. incense. marijuana. cologne. whiskey. wine. fried food. blood. fire. metal. rain. grass. ocean. autumn leaves. baked bread. freshly baked cookies. smoke. campfire. lavender. trees. pumpkin pie. musk. rose. gingerbread. peppermint. oak. honey. lemon. vanilla. coffee cake. mint. rawhide. chemicals.

[wilfordsbakingshop]

(Sorry it's a day late!)

Yancy couldn't mess this up. He couldn't. Wilford is the best thing that ever happened to him, and he deserved the entire universe handed over on a silver platter. He's hardly ever nervous... fuck, he doesn't get nervous.

But now, as he's leading Wilford to the special spot he prepared for them, he's pretty sure his heart is about to leap out of his chest.

He doesn't have experience with this kind of thing. Is it going to be too much? Not enough? God, Yancy hopes he likes it.

"Alright, baby... here we are." Gesturing ahead, he points at a spot beneath a large oak tree next to the tranquil lake that Yancy liked to visit from time to time. The spot is laid out with soft red and pink blankets, and rose petals sprinked over the area. A lovely picnic is set up with different sweets and delicious pasta and wine. There's bouquets of flowers surrounding the space, and even balloons.

And when Wilford turns to look back at him, Yancy is holding a small gift box. It contains three pairs of earrings in varying shades of pink diamonds. One of the pairs seems to be made from a pink shell, carved to look like posies. "Will you be my Valentine, Wilford?"

Wilford's brain didn't know it was Valentine's until it was too late. Until all of the good chocolate had been bought, and the only flowers left were ones that started dying already. He felt bad. All he managed to get Yancy was a teddy bear and some of his chocolate chip cookies. Shaped like hearts of course. But it didn't feel like enough. And then when Yancy said he had his own surprise... damnit, he was really bad at this.

He allows himself to be led along, taking his partner by the hand as they walked towards their surprise. When they do arrive, his eyes widen to the size of dinner plates.

It was beautiful. Yancy had done all of this... made this romantic picnic... for him? He can already feel the tears coming up as he turns around, prepared to thank him over and over. But he can't even do that without being punched in he gut with another surprise.

Diamonds. Pink diamonds. It was a major step up from the crappy ones he was currently wearing. Which he was pretty sure were staining his ears blue with age.

It was all so much... too much. He didn't deserve this. He didn't deserve Yancy. He didn't deserve diamonds or picnics. He could barely get Yancy a gift, and here he was... giving him all of this.

Wilford pulls Yancy into a hug, tears rolling down his face. "Oh, Yancy, thank you so much. Of course I'll be your Valentine... Always."

[vanilla-cigarillos]

Yule Info Post

Probably one of the most well known Sabbats (up there with Samhain), Yule is typically known as being very similar to the widely celebrated Christmas holiday. In this post I want to go over the history and common traditions often celebrated with Yule!

History

Yule marks the journey of the Sun King to bring light into the world. The following days would gradually become longer as the Sun King made his journey across the sky. Due to this, candles and fire play an important role in Yule traditions.

The pre-Christian festival originated in Scandinavia and was later subsumed, into the Christian holiday of Christmas. Although the roots of this festival can be very difficult to track due to the ancient longevity of the festival, it is typically assumed that Yule began as the festival of “jol” in Norse culture.

Celebrations

In the Northern Hemisphere, Yule is observed during December 21–22 ; while in the Southern Hemisphere it is celebrated June 20–21.

Common Yule Symbols -  Colors: Green, gold, silver, red

Foods: Cookies, dried fruits and nuts, ginger tea, spiced cider, cinnamon treats  

Herbs: Bayberry, evergreen, frankincense, holly, pine, sage

Flowers: Calendula, sunflowers, wild ginseng, wormwood

Deities: Horned God, Orsis, Loki, Persephone, Dionysus

For those who practice the Wiccan religion, Yule is the second Sabbat of the Wheel of the Year. As such, the holiday is marked with rituals to welcome the return of the Sun. Others who participate in Celtic beliefs mark the holiday with reenactments of the battle between the Holly King (representing darkness) and the Oak King.

Common traditions include feasts, bonfires, exchanging gifts, and baking winter-festive treats. 

[bellatheinkdemon]

Poor, poor Silver Oak/Faerie Guard./j

(For anyone who can't read what the shirt Eldar Faerie is wearing says it's;

I'm not the stepdad, I'm the Dad that stepped up.)

[theeclecticwitchblog240]

HECATE— Goddess of Magic & Witchcraft, Ghosts & Necromancy, Crossroads, & the Moon

🎨Colors:

Black🖤

Silver 🪙

🌏Element:

All of them (She is the goddess of magick, after all)

🌳Plants & Trees:

The asphodel, the aconite, the belladonna, the mandrake, the hemlock, the poppy, the dittany, the lavender, the dandelion, the hellebore, garlic, the mugwort, the yew tree, the cypress tree, the pomegranate tree, the oak tree, the black poplar tree, the willow tree, the hazel tree, the cedar tree, the almond tree

💎Stones & Gems:

-Moonstone,

-Sapphire or star sapphire,

-Any stone that is dark & luminous (i.e. Black tourmaline, Hematite, Jet, Obsidian, Onyx, etc.)

💨Incense:

Myrrh,

Pomegranate,

Mugwort,

Cypress,

Poppy,

Cinnamon,

Frankincense,

Mint,

Saffron

🗝Symbols:

Triple moon, Dark moon, The crone,Cauldron, Torches, Keys, Daggers, Rope, Crossroads, Entry ways & gates, Dogs (especially black ones), She-wolf, Frogs, Snakes, Weasels, Black ewes, Crows, Owls, Horses

🕊Proper Offerings:

Dandelions, Poppies, Lavender, Garlic, Almonds, Raisins or currants, Figs, Black olives, Wine, Water, Honey, Cookies or cakes made to look like one of Her symbols, Eggs (especially boiled), Leaving a plate of food at a crossroads or burying a small cake/libation at a crossroads, Blood offerings (just a finger-prick) or mock-blood offerings, Appreciating the weird & uncanny

BB!

[phae-undergrove]

GREEK DIETY CHEAT SHEET PART 2

(8 Greek gods and their correspondences)

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A SMALL UPDATE ON PART 1&2

part one HERE

HECATE— Goddess of Magic & Witchcraft, Ghosts & Necromancy, Crossroads, & the Moon

🎨Colors:

Black🖤

Silver 🪙

🌏Element:

All of them (She is the goddess of magick, after all)

🌳Plants & Trees:

The asphodel, the aconite, the belladonna, the mandrake, the hemlock, the poppy, the dittany, the lavender, the dandelion, the hellebore, garlic, the mugwort, the yew tree, the cypress tree, the pomegranate tree, the oak tree, the black poplar tree, the willow tree, the hazel tree, the cedar tree, the almond tree

💎Stones & Gems:

Moonstone,

Sapphire or star sapphire,

Any stone that is dark & luminous (i.e. Black tourmaline, Hematite, Jet, Obsidian, Onyx, etc.)

💨Incense:

Myrrh,

Pomegranate,

Mugwort,

Cypress,

Poppy,

Cinnamon,

Frankincense,

Mint,

Saffron

🗝Symbols:

Triple moon, Dark moon, The crone,Cauldron, Torches, Keys, Daggers, Rope, Crossroads, Entry ways & gates, Dogs (especially black ones), She-wolf, Frogs, Snakes, Weasels, Black ewes, Crows, Owls, Horses

🕊Proper Offerings:

Dandelions, Poppies, Lavender, Garlic, Almonds, Raisins or currants, Figs, Black olives, Wine, Water, Honey, Cookies or cakes made to look like one of Her symbols, Eggs (especially boiled), Leaving a plate of food at a crossroads or burying a small cake/libation at a crossroads, Blood offerings (just a finger-prick) or mock-blood offerings, Appreciating the weird & uncanny

ZEUS — King of the Gods & God of the Sky, Weather, Law & Order, & Justice

🎨Colors:

Sky blue

White

Gold

Purple

🌬Element:

Air

🗓Day of the Week:

Thursday

🌳Plants & Trees:

The wild celery

the artichoke

the oak tree

the olive tree

the white poplar tree

the linden tree

💎Stones & Gems:

Opal

Diamond

Quartz

Sapphire

Lapis lazuli

Blue topaz

Blue zircon

Blue agate

Citrine

Amethyst

💨Incense:

Frankincense

Oakmoss

Vervain

Sage

⚡️Symbols:

Lightning bolts

Clouds

Scepter

Throne

Crown/wreath of olive leaves,

Aegis

Eagles

Cuckoos

Swans

Bulls (especially white bulls)

Goats

Lions

Wolves

🕊Proper Offerings:

Eagle feathers (obtained humanely, i.e. discarded),Oak branches/leaves,Gold (gold coins, gold bowl or cup, etc.),Wreath of olive leaves,White wine,Honey,Figs,Vervain, Damiana, Hyssop, Ginseng, Saffron, Cookies or cakes made to look like one of His symbols, Beef or mutton, Cotton candy, Whipped cream, Writing or reading poetry in His honor, Honoring commitments

PAN — God of Nature, Music, & Fertility

🎨Colors:

Brown

Green

Red

🌱Element:

Earth

🌳Plants & Trees:

The reed

the mountain pine tree

the violet

the musk

the thistle

the hemp/Indian hemp

the orchis

Apple

the civet

💎Stones & Gems:

Jasper

Amber

Tiger's eye

Unakite

Smoky quartz

Mahogany obsidian

Crystal, Bloodstone

Turquoise, Azurite

💨Incense:

Frankincense

Musk

Civet

Violet

Hemp

Pine

Birch

🐐Symbols:

Syrinx (set of panpipes)

Goats

Goat Horns

Rams

Shepherd's crook

Phallus

🍯Proper Offerings:

Panpipes, Wine/mead, Beer, Milk (especially goat's milk), Water, Honey, Grain, Fruits, Honey-cakes (for his nymphs), Cookies or cakes made to look like one of His symbols, Mutton, Hemp or cannabis, Pine needles, Making lots of noise (music, chanting, etc., so as not to startle Him), Eating/drinking/being merry, Having sex or participating in sexual acts, Not disturbing Him around noon (when He likes to nap)

IRIS — Goddess of the Rainbow & Messenger of the Gods

🎨Colors:

All of them

🌬Element:

Air

🌱Plants & Trees:

The iris

💎Stones & Gems:

Rainbow quartz

Moonstone, Rainbow moonstone, Opal, Pearl, Rainbow obsidian

💨Incense:

Iris

Violet

Lavender

Myrrh

Frankincense

🌈Symbols:

Rainbows

Golden wings

Caduceus

Pitcher of water

Clouds

Fleur-de-lis

Sun/sunlight

🕊Proper Offerings:

Water, Wine, Honey, Wheat, Figs, Cakes or cookies made to look like one of Her symbols, Irises, Feathers, Prisms, Postage stamps, Cotton candy, Whipped cream

HESTIA — Goddess of the Hearth & Home

🎨Colors:

White

Gold/Yellow

Orange

Red

Lavender

🔥Element:

Fire

🌳Plants & Trees:

The lavender

the chaste tree

the datura

the California poppy

the goldenrod

the hollyhock

the yarrow

the purple coneflower

all white flowers

💎Stones & Gems:

Garnet

Vanadinite

Quartz

Amethyst

💨Incense:

Lavender

Chamomile

Myrrh

Frankincense

Iris

Angelica

Peony

🏡Symbols:

The hearth

Fire/flames

Home

Head veil

Kettle or cauldron

Architecture

Pigs

Cows

Donkeys

Cranes

🕊Proper Offerings:

First/last foods & libations from a meal, Candles/flame, Wine, Honey, Pork, Cakes or Cookies made to look like one of Her symbols, Bread (especially homemade), Cooking herbs (such as basil, thyme, rosemary) & spices, Lavender or chamomile tea, Keeping a candle/hearth fire or lamp constantly burning, Welcoming others into your home, Keeping the peace (especially in the home), Donations of time & money to Habitat for Humanity, Lavender, White roses

ERIS — Goddess of Strife, Discord, & Chaos

🎨Colors:

Blood-red, Black

🔥Element:

Fire

🌳Plants & Trees:

The apple tree

💎Stones & Gems:

Ruby

Red agate

Bloodstone

🐍Symbols:

Golden apple

Poniard (which She keeps hidden)

Snakes

A torch

🕊Proper Offerings:

Apples, Golden apples (oranges), Social protest, Recognizing the positivity of dark times/negativity

HERA — Queen of the Gods & Goddess of Women, Marriage, Childbirth, & Motherhood

🎨Colors:

Purple

Dark green

Royal blue

Silver

White

Gold

🌱Element:

Earth

🌳Plants & Trees:

The lotus

the lily

the white rose (white flowers in general)

the poppy

the iris

the honeysuckle

the pomegranate tree

the apple tree

the willow tree

the cypress tree

the chaste tree

💎Stones & Gems:

Lapis lazuli

Diamond

Moonstone

Quartz

Pearl

Sapphire or star sapphire

Amethyst

Azurite

Turquoise

Tourmaline

Chrysocolla

💨Incense:

Myrrh

Rose

Jasmine

Iris

Honeysuckle

Patchouli

Frankincense

🦚Symbols:

Diadem

Scepter

Throne

Peacock feathers

Peacocks

Cows

Cranes

Cuckoos

Panthers

Lions

Pomegranates

Apples

Pears

Oranges

🕊Proper Offerings:

Peacock feathers, Lotuses, Lilies, White roses, White flowers of any kind, Poppies, Irises, Pomegranates or pomegranate seeds, Apples, Pears, Oranges, Staying faithful in a relationship & keeping the romance alive, Supporting women's rights, Donations to a women's shelter, Donating old maternity clothes or baby things to those less fortunate

ATHENA— Goddess of War, Wisdom, & Arts & Crafts

🎨Colors:

Royal blue

White

Gray

Yellow

Red

🌬Element:

Air

🗓Day of the Week:

Tuesday (war)

Wednesday (wisdom)

🌳Plants & Trees:

The olive tree

the oak tree

the cypress tree

the citrus trees

geranium

tiger lily

mayweed (chamomile)

💎Stones & Gems:

Lapis lazuli

Turquoise

Ruby

Onyx

Star Sapphire

💨Incense:

Frankincense

Sage

Patchouli

Cinnamon

Cedarwood

Orange blossom

Musk

Dragon's blood

🕷Symbols:

Aegis (shield with Medusa's likeness)

Spear

Helmet & armor

Spindle

Owls

Spiders

Eagles

Doves (symbol of victory)

Rams

Snakes

Olives

🕊Proper Offerings:

Olives/olive oil, Owl-shaped cookies or cakes, Wine, Handmade crafts especially textiles & pottery, Donations to educational institutes

Please feel free to use this whenever you’d like! I hope it helps some people out! if you haven’t already please check out my GREEK DEITY CHEAT SHEET (PART1) post!(just click ^^)🥺🥰

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If you like what I do here please feel free to check out my Mothers Etsy store! Moon Circle Insights She’s got a wonderful assortment of detailed spells on there✨🥰

until the next time! Merry meet, merry part, merry meet again✨🔮 -B

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[tarotbee]

Do you have a ways of worshipping for Hecate? Just found you blog and I love it!! 💜

Ways of Worshipping Hecate

(Thank you for your request <3)

- do rituals and spell work on the new moon!

- animal statues, she's particularly fond of 3 headed animal statues if you can find them

- offerings/objects in lots of 3 or 13

- do your shadow work

- begin learning to find a level of comfort in discomfort, you have to accept all facets of yourself, Hecate can help with this

- leave offerings at a crossroads or outside your door

- food offerings such as:

- raisins and currants

- raisin and currant muffins and breads

crescent shaped cakes and cookies

- eggs/eggshells

- pomegranate

- (dark) chocolate

- meat

- cheese

- nuts (specifically almonds)

- bread

- grapes

- honey or honey cakes

- apples

- black coffee, jasmine tea, milk and honey, red wine and mead

- decorative masks

- her associated plants/herbs: cinnamon, garlic, lavender, cardamom, yarrow, rose, mugwort, aconite, ebony, oak, mandrake, nightshades, willow, dark yew, blackthorn, saffron, dandelion, pumpkins/squash, night blooming flowers such as, moonflower, datura, brugmansia, night lilies and more

- Snake, dog, deer, alligator, horse, sheep, bat, owl, weasel, ferret and boar imagery

- Snake shed (ethically sourced)

- dog fur or teeth (ethically sourced)

- horse shoes (ethically sourced)

- owl feathers (ethically sourced)

- bones/skulls (ethically sourced)

- her associated scents for candles or incense: cinnamon, honey, myrrh, dragons blood, benzoin, mugwort, lime, lemon and verbena

- her associated metals and gems: sapphire, silver, gold, moonstone, black tourmaline, bloodstone, black onyx, hematite, smokey quartz and other black Gemstones

- enchant your jewellery with protection magic and wear it in honour of her

- learn baneful protections (or regular protection)

- practice witchcraft and ask Hecate to participate and assist

- learn the magical properties of herbs

- Hecate can be associated with birth, so take care of pregnant people or animals

- foster/adopt puppies

- honour the dead and/or your ancestors

- spend time in graveyards

- clean them up while you're there if you can

- go to mystery spots

- do crosswords, word unscrambles and riddles

- knock before entering a room

- babysit/take care of/foster children

- pray to her at night

- keys

- coins

- a cauldron

- a broom (good for sweeping out unwanted energies)

- candles! Especially black, silver, red or purple

- wear a (dark) veil! (This is a form of protection magic, and dark colours are associated with Hecate)

- hold a feast in her honour! Set a place for her at your table or leave the food offerings on her altar

- donate to animal shelters

- cut out the toxic people in your life

- celebrate samhain!

- nurture your inner child

- little toys and trinkets

- devote your education to her, study something new, this could be hymns, or schooling or just a topic you're personally interested in

- self care as an offering

- be kind to people

- donate money or food, blankets, etc to homeless shelters

- torches/torch art/imagery

- the wheel of fortune tarot card

- share your story, you deserve to be heard and they deserve to be outed for what they did.

- support other survivors

- dog treats and dog bones!

- knives/athame

- rope or cord (to symbolise birth and rebirth)

- devote a form of divination to her

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Here are some names that aren’t strictly for females or males

Alpha Astrix/Asterisk Axis Blur Bolt Brick Cube Cyan Data Delta Echo Entity Error Exa/Exo Form Friday Hazard Idea Impulse Infinity Ion Kilo Kite Limit Name Nebula Neon Obsidian Plastic Point Quartz Qwerty Radar Retina Reverb Rocket Scavenger Sigma Sonar Swing Tank Tax Tera Valence Vertex Virus Vortex Audience Beat Binary Brass Cable Canon Canvas Chord Clash Coarse Crash Discord Double Feedback Forte Genre Hack Hollow Hook Impulse/Pulse Ink Key Lyric Mellow Memory Neon Noise Note Omen Phase Quaver Riddle Shallow Sharp Shiny Snare Treble Tune Twang Aloe Arrow Atlas Azure Balsa Bee Beetle Branch Bread Bridge Candle Cedar Cello Chameleon Cherry Cloud Clover Coffee East Echo Egg Ember Fern Finch Flannel Forest Gecko Gem Goose Grey Jay Kale Lake Leaf Mango Maple Moss Oak Pond Poppy Rain Raven Rock Silver Topaz Violet Wednesday Willow Wood Frog Max Alex Shawn/Shawne Kai SCP 834 Nyx Ares War Criminal Cas Sky/Skie Bee Ash Arson Vin Sal Cat/Kat Tax Fraud Liminal Dream Fade Angel Glitch Tooth Centipede Chlorine Crayon Fever Bones Ghost Eye Omen Nurse Band-aid Tape Glow Legs Decay Poison Blowfly Needle Finger Mold Doll Wasp Moth Dirt Bunny Trinket Shell Cicada Ariel Astra Aurora Celeste Luna Nova Starling Starr Stella Sunshine Aldrin Apollo Callisto Castor Comet Hercules Leo Neptune Rocket Solar Aries Eclipse Galaxy Halo Mars Mercury Moon Saturn Star Sun book strawberry cherry tea soup lace butters melody lyric bunny slime apple Saturn star venus kandi/kandy/candy glitter monster zero/zee/z neo gutz/guts brainz/brains trixie roxy rex Moss Bones Arson Rain Feather Cloud Deep Raven Fall captain bone/bones patch/patches sparrow flynn skipper boots hook reef treasure Winter Midnight Crow Corvid Raven Siren Shade Nova Veil Salem Ash Aster Devin Day Hyde Dagger Knife Psyche Osiris Pandora Haven Jade Blade Gray Ember Ebony Blue Dee Day Dove Sky Rain Ash Coin Pax Rex Mick Reef Rory Ari Bug River Dane Finn Lumi Lux Ore Roux Note Tone Melody Piper Sonata Violin Coda Riff Alto Lyre Lyric Calypso Cadence Chorus Canto Chanson Harper Lorelei Octave Song Muse Canon Clef Motif Legato Nonet Pan Rhapsody Trill Vevace Dusk Indigo Orion Onyx Obsidian Somnus Hypnos Morpheus Noctis Noir Nero Umbra Ash Omega Orpheus Crow Jinx Hex Grey Pandora Morrigan Shade Silver Zephyr Storm Crimson sprinkle Bunny cloud Skittle kitty birdie bee flower Grass peach strawberry cherry Berry Apple Berry Apricot Huckleberry Mulberry Honeydew Lychee Peach Cherry Basil Bayleef Pepper Anise Clove Coriander Ginger Nutmeg Rosemary Rue Sesame Thyme Saffron exe/txt/pdf/gif web/website tech emoji sci beta dell chip zip Arson Blue Blur Brick. Cloud Detective Dice Egg Elmers Error Gremlin Icon Jester Lake Leaf Mischief Nike Nintendo Pi Royal Skull Spark Ten Tesla Vortex Yoshi Zero Zoom angela/angelo/angie angelonia/angel andy/andi ann/annie/anny antares andromeda bone/bones biscuit/biskit paw fluffy fetch scout chase skull corpse blade jinx hex bat bandit rogue trick/tricky smoke lee leo/lio pluto mars orion redd avery aster cyrus cleo miles quinn indigo amber ruby sugar lace/lacey boba rosie mae merry dottie plush/plushie cinnabun pompom teddy peach smile/smiles/smiley alphabet blocks bug snail paint crayon slime sticker rainbow gummy candy/kandi button bandaid glitch static disc pixel robot/bot glitter wire/wires code key/keys virus byte bunny/bunnie/bun kitty/kit/kitten plush/plushie milk fluff cloud bubble/bubbles angel ghost tea cookie bow / ribbon bonbon puff / creampuff Nintendo Mossy Quill Spark Vermillion Cotton Candy (or C.C. for short) Cocoa Indigo Sunset Elmers Snowy Sketchpad Frost Jester Poltergeist Spirit Cricket Poem Puck Mischief Truffle Golden Clay Feather Hatchet Gremlin Stone Brad Chad Thad Zoom Crayon Detective Otter Sonic Armadillo Ocelot Puggles (name for baby platypus) Dylan Logan River Fince Ellory Finn Converse Sage Saint Sal Saturday Saxon Scan Scatter Scoop Scorpion Scout Scream Sea Senti Sentinel September Serene Seven Shade Shadow Shake Shatter Shaw Silent/Silence Silver Siphon Skill