#chao climbing

[chao-studios]

I must keep trying!

[adorkastock]

Street Clothing Climbing

A few years I did a shoot with King Chaos at a playground. Though he wasn't wearing the normal form fitting clothing my models usually do, the shoot had a lot of really neat climbing and action stuff. I haven't posted much from it since it's not my usual but I think I might make a pack from it. There's a lot of neat poses and the clothing folds are interesting and useful!

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

The girls are plottinggggg

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[firstpersonnarrator]

As if you wouldn’t climb Klaus Mountain.

[mrkestis]

Cal, I did not just see you climb into a crashed and burning imperial shuttle hanging precariously on a ledge with no concern for its structural integrity or what could be inside. And BD-1 I did not just see you testing out your new weapon by SHOOTING IT INSIDE SAID SHIP!

[imatotallynormalteengirlok]

Me reading every jwcc/ct tumblr post under the sun after ct came out and the obsession is returning to me

[osgoss]

Thinking about how ben would totally nerd out if kenji took him to the cliff to see the sunrise and dinosaurs 🥹

[averycutesalamander]

what's our consensus on Boothill's thoughts on easter? if it exists in the hsr universe (which.. surely it must be known of in a historical sense, at least? i swear the MC refers to "easter eggs" at least once) it's probably totally detached from the religious background by that point, right?? im unclear on how earth connects to the rest of the universe lore-wise but whatever.

i think he would be delighted by it honestly. specifically the egg hunts. i can 100% see him meticulously hiding eggs in all sorts of crazy places. climbs up trees like a fucking monkey just to tuck them in the branches all the way at the top. does impossible parkour and hides one away out of sight. hides them in gutters and under rocks and in light poles and shit. considers the environments to pick the most similar colors to make them harder to spot. but also i imagine he's really considerate for younger kids that can't get to the most difficult ones, so he scatters plenty in more intermediate areas too.

simultaneously i really feel like he'd enjoy taking part in the hunts too.. the candy is not the priority though, he gives that away to the kids (or you 💖) for sure. his real goal is that HIGH SCORE BABY !!!! he'd get so competitive about it so fast lmao. immediately starts climbing all over the fucking place trying to find the most difficult ones and whining if he can't find any. he has a pretty substantial advantage with the enhanced eyes and everything, so you'd probably have to team up with someone to stand a chance at beating him lol

[thewandererh]

🩸🪱🌕🌖🌗🌘🌑🌒🌓🌔 my first total lunar eclipse ^_^!

my view of the moon still hasn’t reached totality yet, but it’s getting there! we just had a marvelous sunset and the clouds are still dissipating. they’re already really ragged from the wind.

my cat has been super affectionate and cuddle-demanding which is not a thing that really happens. maybe she’s lonely. she’s not asking me for food i don’t think but it’s always an option lol. her name is ellie, and she’s our frisky little kitty!!

and! welcome to the world SONGS I LIKE IN 2025 ^_^!!

BONUS UPDATE before i enjoy the eclipse for myself!!! totality’s almost here!!! i’m considering my camera quality as an aesthetic at this point lol. i wonder how bright it’ll be…

[swan2swan]

He left his bro hanging.

As punishment, he must atone by taking children rock climbing for ten years of his life. Only then will Kenji have proven that he can be relied on.

[fishfrommars]

Kenji and Darius arguing on the side of a mountain:

The two belayers at the bottom of the mountain:

[wyrmwright]

midnight snack, late-night call

[avionvadion]

Posting this WIP right now, because I don't know when I'll be able to get around doing the background and the shading.

Eleanora is absolutely Eugene in this scenario, hehehehehe. Eugene wears a black vest and boots in Tangled: The Series so I'm playing around with that idea, lol. Considering Eugene's secret identity, I think it's even more fitting Eleanora be the "prince" in this situation given her relationship with a certain royal of nocturnal fae. So. Lots of moon motifs.

[a-ramblinrose]

JOMP BPC || June 14 || Leatherbound:  I'm slowly creating a collection of my absolutely favorite poems in this lovely leatherbound journal. Honestly to one day have multiple journals filled is a life goal!

[swaddle]

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[hyacinthusmemorial]

Marsyas Verses Apollo

I was researching for my story Forgotten Age yesterday, and I specifically was looking into the story about Marsyas, the satyr who played the pipes and thought he was just as good as the god Apollo. I had a lot of feelings that I needed to unleash before I could go about my day--and I just want to preface that this is an analysis of Lucius Apuleius's Florida and not other sources regarding Marsyas.

Lucius Apuleius recounts that Marsyas played music in the days when "the art was but newly born and only just beginning to grow." He was playing the pipe in early times of civilization, before it was truly developed. He only knew how to play simple songs that were entertaining, but they were great compositions. Lucius Apuleius says aptly that nothing can be perfect in its conception, its new, it has basic elements that need to be developed. High musicians were bound by what they knew, and they knew about as much as shepherd and cowherds. But, Marsyas's father/instructor, Hyagnis, was already developing the art, and he learned how to separate the pipes into two, he learned how to play with two hands, one breath for two pipes.

Marsyas became famous for his pipe-playing Phrygia, which is to say for comparison he was a bango player from Tennessee, pretty skilled at his pipe, but ultimately, he knew how to play a simple tune with energy. The problem is not that Marsyas thought he was good, or even that he wanted to prove he was good. The problem was that he insulted Apollo when he challenged him.

The scene of their competition that Lucius Apuleius describes is so interesting--Marsyas in his boisterousness, Apollo in his cool silence. Marsyas is cocky, loud, speaking of his greatness in comparison to Apollo while Apollo is a god, he is quiet, observant, almost snake-like in his serenity as he watches his prey make his moves. Lucius Apuleius takes great care to illustrate the dichotomy between the two, even down to the physical level.

Marsyas is described as being with "a filthy beard" and "grim and shaggy face of a wild beast." In fact, Marsyas may have been a man, not a satyr, but he looks so much like a beast--they will call him half man and half goat. "His body was covered with hair and bristles." As Lucius Apuleius says, "Twas hideousness contending with beauty, a rude boor against a sage, a beast against a god."

Apollo is described by Marsyas himself:

In the first place...his hair is smoothed and plastered into tufts and curls that fall about his brow and hang before his face. His body is fair from head to foot, his limbs shine bright, his tongue gives oracles, and he is equally eloquent in prose or verse, propose which you will. What of his robes so fine in texture, so soft to the touch, aglow with purple? What of his lyre that flashes gold, gleams white with ivory, and shimmers with rainbow gems? What of his song, so cunning and so sweet? Nay, all these allurements suit with naught save luxury. To virtue they bring shame alone!

Marsyas denounces Apollo for being Apollo: beautiful, wise, calm. Marsyas despises his pretty clothes and his pretty lyre.

Marsyas then makes an exposé of himself to Apollo--he shows off his unkempt body and his unwashed state, and he says he is the model of perfection, not Apollo.

This imagery of a savage man trying to tell god what perfection is and how he might obtain it. The god needs no instruction. Apollo says nothing in this account, the Muses and Minerva (Athena) are amused and laugh at Marsyas--not because he possesses any humor but because it is so outrageous. His insults are comical in their depravity.

They have their contest, Apollo wins, and you can see his quiet rage in how he kills Marsyas. "When this boastful piper had been defeated in the contest and had been skinned as though he were a two-footed bear, they left him with his entrails torn and exposed to the air." They treated Marsyas like he was an animal because he acted like an animal. But, Apollo seems to regret this savage action--"Apollo he was ashamed of so inglorious a victory."

Apollo, it seems, regrets the whole situation because it drove him to the same depths that Marsyas sat in. It seems more of a story about Savagery verses Civilization than a story about Hubris in Lucius Apuleius's work. Yes, Hubris is a theme, but the dichotomy between Apollo and Marsyas cannot be ignored either. It is directly called out, and when Apollo sinks to the same depths as Marsyas, he is ashamed. It's not a glorious victory.