#daisy astera

[studentkeep]

remember to snuggle up in bed tonight !

[mtsodie]

🎫🎟️!!!!!!!!!!!

hum ... difficult since there are so many things to choose from ...

daisy loves to draw ... but it is too shy to show off her works

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enjoy limitless possibilities here in celestire islands, rey skywalker ( star wars ) and ariel ( disney ), where you can start the new life you've always longed for. make sure you read the checklist, as we'll be sending the discord link through ims! enjoy your new dream, mary!

death tw ( star wars (movies), dupes not allowed. daisy ridley, she/her, ciswoman. )  ——-  hey, is that ( rey skywalker ) hanging around ( celestire wildlife reserve )? i wonder what life is like for them, balancing working as a ( twenty-five ) year old ( self-defense instructor ) and ( decorating her home )? they’re notorious for being ( resilient ) yet ( distrustful ), and i always seem to hear ( dreams ) by ( fleetwood mac ) playing whenever they walk past. they’re known around the islands for ( her parents dying in a fire when she was young ), and they’re associated with ( sand-dusted landscapes, earthy and muted tones & starry skies ). last we spoke, they were telling me about a vision they had… something about their biggest regret being ( unable to save the people she loved ), but it must have just been a bad dream. //  —  [ mary, 22 / pst, she/her. ]

injury tw ( disney (movies), dupes not allowed.  halle bailey, she/her, ciswoman. )  ——-  hey, is that ( ariel ) hanging around ( astera beachfront )? i wonder what life is like for them, balancing working as a ( twenty-three ) year old ( marine biologist ) and ( swimming )? they’re notorious for being ( brave ) yet ( rebellious ), and i always seem to hear ( happier ) by ( olivia rodrigo ) playing whenever they walk past. they’re known around the islands for ( breaking her leg and being unable to walk for 6 months when she was 15 ), and they’re associated with ( iridescent scales, sparkling gowns & shimmering lights ). last we spoke, they were telling me about a vision they had… something about their biggest regret being ( trusting ursula ), but it must have just been a bad dream. //  —  [ mary, 22 / pst, she/her. ]

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The boys get festive! : )

Bonus

[joe-england]

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    In 1666 an English duchess received a psychic visitation.  Her contact identified herself as an immigrant in an incredible frontier, a Blazing World which she had discovered while lost at sea, where she was now worshipped as an Empress by fantastic beings.  The Duchess eagerly documented the exploits of her amazing new friend, hoping to enlighten civilization and memorialize their achievements as cosmic pioneers.     However, her writings were quickly dismissed as fantasy.  Nothing  could persuade a patriarchal society, especially when seasoned adventurers were unable to replicate any such expedition.  The suggestion that women might be more inclined to inter-dimensional travel than men was deemed laughable at best, and the Duchess ultimately decided that Earth’s authorities were too close-minded to truly grasp the implications of alternate reality, and far too materialistic to  trust with the dangerous temptation of limitless resources.     Thus, on the advice of her friend the Empress, the Duchess founded an institution to find, assist, accommodate, and commemorate any and all lady explorers who may, either by intention or by accident, manage to  slip the bonds of Earth and touch alien ground.  Their project grew in secret, and to this day the Persephone Society continues to seek out new members, joining under the roof of the traveling Newcastle to map and safeguard the invisible countries which surround our narrow perception…. Currently Active Members (clockwise inward spiral from bottom left): Jane “El” Hopper (of the Upside Down) Coraline Jones (of the Other World) Dr. Susan Who (of Tardis) Diana Smith (of the Realm) Megan Williams (of Ponyland) Lydia Deetz (of the Neitherworld) Sarah Williams (of the Labyrinth) Daria Morgendorffer (of Holiday Island) Jennifer “Mary Sue Parker” (of Pleasantville) Tulip Olsen (of the Infinity Train) Anne Boonchuy (of Amphibia) Regina “Twelve” Abbott (of Endless) Luz Noceda (of the Boiling Isles) Not Pictured: Sasha Waybright and Marcy Wu (of Amphibia) Jackie Trent (of Aruk) Haru Yoshioka (of the Cat Kingdom) Penelope Victoria "Penny" Sanchez (of ChalkZone) Princess Daisy Reznor (of Dinohattan) Esther Hopkins (of Endless) Julie Winston (of Eternia) Hitomi Kanzaki (of Gaea) Sarah Brightman (of God’s Video Game) Camille Duciel/Ewilan Gil’ Sayan (of Gwendalavir) Martha Kaply and Bethany Walker (of Jumanji) Valerie Felicity Frizzle (of the Magic School Bus) Nita and Max and Max Blellison (of the Many Place) Kagome Higurashi (of the Sengoku period) Shasha Prince (of Under My Bed) Chihiro “Sen” Ogino (of Yubaba’s Bathhouse) Past Members: The Duchess of Newcastle (of the Blazing World) Alice Liddell (of Wonderland) Marie “Clara” Stahlbaum (of the Land of Sweets) Polly Plummer (of the Wood between the Worlds) Wendy Darling (of Neverland) Dorothy Gale (of Oz) Mytyl (of the Past, the Future, and Everywhere) Jane Banks (of Bert’s Drawing) Fanny and Elizabeth Blyton (of the Faraway Tree) Carla Bennett (of the Flipside) Eglantine Price and Carrie Rawlins (of Naboombu) Claire Beauchamp Randall Fraser (of 18th Century Scotland) Lucy and Susan Pevensie and Jill Pole (of Narnia) 
Hyppolyta “Orithyia Blue” Freeman (of Earth 504) 
Juliana “Jules” Crain (of the Neutral Zone) Barbara Wright and Louise Who (of Tardis) Joanna Russ (of Whileaway) Kim Cherrywood (of Care-a-Lot) Carol Anne Freeling (of the Other Side) Jenny Barker (of the Halloween Tree) Inactive, Retired, or Otherwise Engaged: Melissa Gimble (of Schmigadoon)
 Helen Knable (of Hellevision)
 Sheila Leigh (of the Realm)
 Debbie Maddox (of Yonderland)
 Holly Marshall (of the Land of the Lost)
 Tina Miller (of the Fourth Dimension)
 Meg Murry O’Keefe (of the Tesseract)
 Gina and June Sterling (of the Otherworld)
 Sarah Whittle (of Jumanji)
 Molly Williams (of Ponyland) Currently Missing (presumed alive but displaced after an expedition to Hanging Rock, Australia): Captain Natalie Artemis (of Astera) Lara Croft (of the Cradle) Jane Lane (of Holiday Island) Casey Newton (of Tomorrowland) Dora Márquez (of Troll Land) Status Unknown: The Empress (of the Blazing World)

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SURPRISE!  Didja have a happy Independence Day?  Bet you didn’t think  you’d hear from me again so soon, given my usual rate of posting!     Well, this set-up is a very roughly finished side project that I’ve  been toying with for a year or so, sort of a League of Extraordinary  Gentlemen for movies, TV shows, and cartoons in a particular genre.  It struck me that there are a whole lot of stories about young women going to other dimensions!  Especially lately, as great shows like Infinity Train, Amphibia, Twelve Forever, and The Owl House have brought the “isekai”  heroine into vogue in modern western animation.    The premise  is classically embodied by the holy trinity of Wendy Darling (from Peter  Pan, by J.M. Barrie), Alice Liddell (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,  by Lewis Carroll), and Dorothy Gale (The Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank  Baum).  Tied together by their shared traits of youth and otherworldly adventure, it’s not uncommon for the three heroines to meet up in a  shared universe setting.  I wanted to build on that, and after some research I found out that one of the earliest applicable examples of the theme is considered by some to be the very first science-fiction novel ever written!    Published in 1666 by Margaret Cavendish (Duchess of Newcastle and all-around renaissance woman), The Blazing World tells  the story of a nameless young lady who crosses from the North Pole to another whole universe.  The first isekai heroine!  Though the writing  style is difficult to penetrate and it never received any great amount  of critical praise or recognition (it’s pretty clearly a self-insert  story and the heroine is arguably the first “Mary Sue” to boot), I think  it’s fair to say that it’s a seminal work which took the first steps  into modern fantasy as we know it, and it surprises me that it hasn’t  garnered more attention.    Anyway!  I doubt that I’m going to devote much more work to this, but if anyone has any questions (or even wants to contribute to the project), then have at it.  I originally  started writing expanded histories for the current members, how they  work together as members of this special club, and especially what’s  happened to some of the older members since their respective TV shows or  movies ended.    For example, Dr. Susan Who is based on actress  Roberta Tovey, who appeared in the 1965-66 Dr. Who films which starred Peter Cushing as a version of the British icon.  I originally  thought about incorporating the main canon of the TV series, but that would’ve gotten WAY too crowded!  Adapting the obscure movie continuity  made much, much more sense.  Here Susan has long since taken up her grandfather’s title as “Dr. Who”, maintaining and upgrading his Tardis and the scientific resources of the society, including an all-purpose  tool which she jokingly calls her “sonic screw-driver”.  I could go on like this about most of them!  If you're  curious about anyone, just ask.    As for the four kids in the middle, Tulip, Anne, Reggie, and Luz, I roughly guessed what they might  look like after they survive their own adventures and are inducted into the Society as its youngest members.  What actually becomes of them will almost certainly be different, but that’s the nature of fan fiction.   They’re sort of the main characters in my conception, but now I’m  talking too much.  I only wanted to get this off my chest!  Hey, just take it where you want it.    I’ll provide explanation or links to any unfamiliar characters mentioned that you might have trouble tracking down, like Sasha Prince (some last names were extrapolated from actors or authors).  Some of these are pretty obscure, and I surely have overlooked many potential members elsewhere in the ocean of pop culture.  For the most part, I kinda hope you find them on your own!  That’s half the fun, right?     I made it a rule to omit comics and video games as sources, because a  shared universe can take only so much before it buckles.  And I gotta be just a little economical or I’d never be able to stop!  Though adaptations are fair game so long as the starting point of the heroine’s  journey is a baseline “Earth” similar in perceived mundanity to our own.

- Joe

[jesteradio]

Kayla

Cassia

Cynthia

Rose

Laurel

Flora

Hazel

Daisy

Orchid

Lilac

Mariam

Primrose

Glory

Joy

Grace

Samantha ?

Willow

Amarillis

Acacia

Iris

Dahlia

Elisa

Prunella

Veronica

Heather

Rosemary

Astera

Bryony

Fleur (fucking French)

Gardenia

Garland

Lenusy

Lila

Mallow

Marigold

May

Mimosa

Periwinkle

Petunia

Rhea

Sunflower

Thistle

Viola

Violet

Wisteria

Bloom

Bluebell

Buttercup

Cinnamon

Calytrix

Chrysanthea

Daffodil

Delphine

Diantha

Eidilwyse

Erica

Eliza

Fern

Foxglove

Magnolia

Poppy

Hana

Heliotrope

Ione

Clementine

Ivy

Kassia

Magnolia

Clementine

Sharon

Snapdragon

Fallow

Wildflower

Amaranth

Anemone

Azalea

Carnation

Fflur

Floortje

Flourine

Blue Ivy

Juniper

Madalef

Lobster

Phlox

Posey

Peony

Rue

Susan

[jana-hallford]

September Birthstones and Flowers

Sensational Sapphire

A symbol of purity and wisdom, sapphire is the birthstone for September.  

At one time sapphires were believed to protect the wearer against evil and poison. Sapphires were even thought to be capable of killing spiders and venomous snakes.   

Sapphires are a form of the mineral corundum. Blue is the color associated with this precious gem, but sapphires can also be white, yellow, orange, green, and purple. There are no red sapphires, as all corundum in red hues are rubies. The sapphire, and it sister stone, the ruby, are second only to the diamond in hardness. Sapphires are found in Eastern Australia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, China, Madagascar, East Africa, and North America (primarily in Montana).    

A six-rayed "star" can appear on a sapphire when the underlying crystal structure has just the right pattern of needle-like inclusions. This is known as a "star sapphire."

Down the ages, sapphires have been popular with royalty. When Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer became engaged in February of 1981, Charles offered her a choice of a dozen rings, and she selected a 12 carat blue oval Ceylon sapphire surrounded by 14  diamonds, set in white gold. The ring was not a custom piece, and was available in the jeweler's catalog, but Diana chose it because it was the most beautiful. (She was also very fond of sapphires.) When their son, Prince William, became engaged to Catherine Middleton in 2010, he gave his bride-to-be, the future Duchess of Cambridge, the ring his mother had loved.   

Diana, Princess of Wales, also received some fabulous sapphire jewelry as wedding gifts. The Queen Mother gave her a large oval sapphire and diamond brooch. Diana had it converted into the clasp of a seven-strand pearl choker, and wore it often. It was magnificent. Crown Prince Fahad of Saudi Arabia gave her a set of sapphire jewelry, including a watch, earrings, a bracelet, and a beautiful diamond necklace with a sapphire and diamond pendant.

Chrysolite: September Birthstone Emeritus     

Before birthstones were standardized in 1912, chrysolite was a September gem. Today, chrysolite can refer to peridot, the gem-quality form of olivine that is the birthstone for August. It is also an archaic term for yellow to green stones including topaz, chrysoberyl, zircon, tourmaline, and opatite.

In the New Testament Book of Revelations, 21:19, chrysolite is named as the precious stone garnishing the seventh foundation of the city wall in New Jerusalem.

Aster and Morning Glory: Hardy Beauties 

The aster and the morning glory are the birth month flowers for September.    

A genus of the flowering plant family Asteraceae, the aster is a daisy-like flower known since ancient times.This hardy flower brings a pop of color to a late summer and early autumn garden, and symbolizes patience and powerful love.  

The name aster comes from the Greek word astḗr, meaning "star," because of its ray-like petals. In Greek mythology, the compassionate goddess Astera, distraught when Jupiter caused a destructive flood, asked to be turned into a star, then wept for the dead. Her tears became asters. 

The Ancient Greeks believed burning the leaves of this plant could drive away snakes, similar to the way sapphire’s properties were supposed to kill serpents.

“White Aster” is an epic Japanese poem written in 1889 by Ochai Naobumi, about a maiden found as a child among white asters.      

The morning glory opens early in the morning, hence the common name for more than 1,000 species in the flowering plant family Convolvulaceae. Some varieties are especially suited to creating summer shade on trellises. Their attractive flowers can even thrive in poor, dry soil.

Morning glories symbolize affection. Perhaps because this is a robust plant with short-lived flowers, there is a duality to it. In  Victorian times it was a symbol of undying love, and also of unrequited love. Because the flowers bloom and die within a short space of time, morning glories often decorated the graves of children.

American artist Georgia O'Keefe’s many beautiful flower paintings include her well-known 1935 work,  "Blue Morning Glories.”   

E. Nash 1908 postcard for September, from the Birthday Gems series.

My  E. Nash postcard for September, from their 1908 Birthday Gems series, has a sapphire stickpin in the upper right corner, beneath a gold “guiding star.” “September” appears in the upper left corner, above a framed verse, and a spray of pink asters that spans most of the card. The greeting “Wishing you a Happy Birthday” is centered at the bottom. The verse reads:

The Sapphire of heavenly hue Brings great wisdom unto you The blooming Aster tells you true Life’s happiness you will never rue Thy Star shines out from the sky above And its rays disclose the light of Love

I like the color and composition, the shadowing, and the way the asters and stickpin are partially in the bottom border.

Tucks astrology postcard for September, circa 1910.

I also have a Tucks postcard from about 1910 from an astrology-based birthday series, with the sign “Libra” next to the word “September.” A landscape with a house by water and a small boat are framed with morning glories and a chrysolite pendant. The words “Morning-glory” and “Affectation” (not “Affection”!) are in the lower left corner, and centered at the base of the card is the verse: 

“A chrysolite on brow shall bind, ‘Twill cure Diseases of the mind.”

This month I remember the birthday of my dear “Betty Mom,” Betty Jean Wible, and wish all September babies a happy birthday!

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In the blink of an eye

[dajo42]

TBH I'm imagining Astera as looking like some kind of fairy queen. Also possibly with a really nice sunhat with a daisy in the band.

that is a Nice Image yes i like it

i don’t know why i don’t have a sunhat irl?????

[studentkeep]

signatures

[studentkeep]

everyones houses (and fonts) thus far !

[studentkeep]

for the ama: whats daisys favourite thing 2 bake???

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enjoy limitless possibilities here in celestire islands, abigail hobbs ( hannibal (tv) ), jester lavorre ( critical role (web series) ), and daisy jones ( daisy jones and the six (book) ), where you can start the new life you've always longed for. make sure you read the checklist, as we'll be sending the discord link through ims! enjoy your new dream, izzy!

( hannibal (tv), dupes not allowed.  sophie nelisse, cis woman, she/her. )  ——-  hey, is that ( abigail hobbs ) hanging around ( astera campgrounds )? i wonder what life is like for them, balancing working as a ( twenty one ) year old ( medical student ) and ( hiking around the wildlife reserve )? they’re notorious for being ( perceptive ) yet ( manipulative ), and i always seem to hear ( thoroughfare ) by ( ethel cain ) playing whenever they walk past. they’re known around the islands for ( hiking mount lazuli after graduating high school ), and they’re associated with ( broken white china ; oversized plaid flannels ; autumn leaves crunching under hiking boots ). last we spoke, they were telling me about a vision they had… something about their biggest regret being ( trusting hannibal lecter ), but it must have just been a bad dream. //  —  [ izzy, 20 / bst, they/them. ]

( critical role (web series), dupes not allowed.  auli'i cravalho, nonbinary, she/they. )  ——-  hey, is that ( jester lavorre ) hanging around ( enchanted brews )? i wonder what life is like for them, balancing working as a ( twenty three ) year old ( pastry chef at 375 bakery ) and ( playing with sprinkle the weasel )? they’re notorious for being ( friendly ) yet ( fanciful ), and i always seem to hear ( caution ) by ( the killers ) playing whenever they walk past. they’re known around the islands for ( leaving lewd graffiti on the side of the city hall building ), and they’re associated with ( the swish of a green cloak ; sickeningly sweet candies ; feeling protected ). last we spoke, they were telling me about a vision they had… something about their biggest regret being ( not being there to save mollymauk ), but it must have just been a bad dream. //  —  [ izzy, 20 / bst, they/them. ]

( daisy jones and the six (book), dupes not allowed.  riley keough, cis woman, she/her. )  ——-  hey, is that ( daisy jones ) hanging around ( sour candy )? i wonder what life is like for them, balancing working as a ( twenty six ) year old ( musician ) and ( singing along to the radio )? they’re notorious for being ( empathetic ) yet ( irresponsible ), and i always seem to hear ( ooh la la ) by ( faces ) playing whenever they walk past. they’re known around the islands for ( starting a mosh pit at her high school graduation ), and they’re associated with ( bell sleeves ; guitar calloused fingertips ; crumpled up sheets of music ). last we spoke, they were telling me about a vision they had… something about their biggest regret being ( kissing billy dunne ), but it must have just been a bad dream. //  —  [ izzy, 20 / bst, they/them. ]

[dajo42]

Might maybe draw Astera, gotta know if she has a beard and what her outfit looks like. I imagine many daisies, possibly a sundress?

yes ~~MANY DAISIES~~ and a sundress is encouraged

maybe some sunglasses that she puts on during her ult lmao

her regular skin doesn’t have a beard but she has like, a rare one that just looks like me when i’m chilling in a hoodie and haven’t shaved in two weeks, like literally right this second