#happy solstice all!

[petaltexturedskies]

This is the solstice, the still point of the sun, its cusp and midnight, the year’s threshold and unlocking, where the past lets go of and becomes the future; the place of caught breath, the door of a vanished house left ajar

Margaret Atwood, Eating Fire: Selected Poetry, 1965-95

[bloomingdarkgarden]

Happy December, here’s every male from ACOTAR showing up at your door on Solstice.

Rhysand keeping it regal || Cassian keeping it slutty

Azriel is ready to be helpful || Lucien Vanserra is ready to be cheeky

Eris classy af Vanserra || Beron Vanserra stops scheming for the night because presents

Kallias bout to next level snowball fight || Tamlin obviously being emo on the holidays

Tarquin side eyeing the tomfoolery || Thesan drinking 12 artisan espressos a day by the fire

Helion ready to make akward sex jokes at family dinner || Papa Archeron finally in his helpful era

Jurian shows up extra as always || Varian dressing in solidarity with Amren

Keir ready for his eggnog

Hybern why show up evil when you can show up fabulous || The Bone Carver judging you for not eating his homemade peppermint bark

Koschei, the big bad daddy himself, shocks everyone not only by showing up but by being a solstice fanatic. He makes everyone sit by the fire while he reads holiday fables and does all the voices.

sorry not sorry, happy holidays you filthy animals.

[kirby-the-gorb]

[danieyells]

before I went to bed I popped open the game and was reminded that it was, in fact, my birthday lmao

("Maeve" is my PC's name btw, not mine if it was somehow unclear.)

SO MANY BIRTHDAY WISHES. I think Yuri's is my favorite simply because he's like "your birthday present is that you get to be my lab rat for the day now come on" lolol and Taiga's because he says you can take any one thing from his room and

my guy just has a loose pile of gold coins in his room can i say "a stack of gold coins" is one thing and pocket a few of them or. . . .

I also love that Haku is like "hey. c'mere." like he's trying to sell you drugs in a back alley. like why do you have to be so subtle about this? who is hunting you down?

also Jiro who just DOES NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO so he's like. I'll spend time with you I guess? Is that good? LIKE YES BBY YOU'RE DOING GREAT SWEETIE. . .and Leo who's either going to use you to spy in on something or actually give you some kind of cool present. Or give you a birthday livestream.

JUST. GOOD SHIT ALL AROUND. I was really startled when I got the birthday message because my brain had not processed that it was Friday yet lol

[illumiera]

never before have i been so glad to see the winter solstice… 🤲☀️

[pleasantmsp]

I love Beauyasha so much. I miss them so much.

The reunion gave me so much joy and now I'm in this weird happy but melancholy state. I love the Nein so much and I want more of them. And I especially want more of Beau and Yasha. If we get a Fjorester wedding one shot, I will be stoked. But then also give me the Beauyasha wedding too!

I'm really just hoping they keep doing these little reunions cause I love the Mighty Nein so much and seeing them makes me so happy.

[a-gay-bloodmage]

My Faith

(Leliana x Faelyn Tabris)

Faelyn has never been the sharpest dagger in the sheath. So, when Leliana asks to sleep with her, it takes a little more directness than a bard is accustomed to.

[cycas]

Since Tumblr embraces the Mari Lwyd, I thought you might enjoy some photos of some of her Cornish relatives the 'Obby Osses at the revival Montol festival.

[bobthedragon]

bat got me a new tablet so I can stop fighting with ugee's drivers and I tested it out with some fanart of @researchstory 's sprout kitten!!

[alicornae]

Queen Celestia and Luna's gowns for the Summer Solstice Gala !!!

[tetsunabouquet]

ITS OFFICIAL! ITS PAST MIDNIGHT! I AM 26!

[medic88itup]

How wonderful, beautiful, to allow yourself to see something from someone else's perspective. To let yourself like. Everything. To allow yourself to appreciate something simply for the value that someone else finds in it. There is no meaning but that which we assign. If nothing means anything, then it can mean EVERYTHING. Perhaps life is simply a wonderful accident. Okay. Now allow yourself to stand in awe at the outlandish probability that you are conscious and sentient in this moment to experience life. The odds are beyond calculation. Stand witness to the wonder of your own existence, improbable as it is. And allow yourself to know joy in anything and everything.

Here is a purpose: If, like me, you need a way to be useful, if only to justify your own existence, then let your reason for living be to appreciate your good fortune. Let yourself enjoy and accept good things, like kindness, and peace. Not cuz you deserve it, not cuz it was a gift or whatever and you wanna be gracious, nah...just cuz it's there and you're there. Might as well.

[spirithalloweeen]

🎃❄️

[flordivina]

“ ♫ Gods rest ye merry pagan folk, Let none of you dismay… Remember that the Sun returns, Upon this Solstice Day ♫ ”

Embraced by a thick white cloak & a crown of seasonal blossoms, the Matron would lovingly sing across her Rosarium. All the flowers deciding to reshape themselves into Poinsettias, Mistletoes growing all around & the trees turning into Pines as a matter of become far more festive. Funnily enough, this was not her doing, but the living Florae & Foliage portraying an old endeavor after listening to her chanting what the Druids visiting those lands would.

“ ♫ The growing dark is ended now, & spring is on its way… Oh tidings of comfort and Joy, comfort and Joy… Oh tidings of comfort and Joy ♫ ” Some Pixies would also join her, perhaps sounding more akin to jingling bells this time than their usual wind-chimes. Even they loved this season & would wear Snowdown colors for their disguises, if not even tiny sweaters.

& that of course, without counting the one who surely was most happy today.

Gently, her hand would raise to caress the dark fur of Sasha’s snout as he would lower his lovely kitten face to her height— for he was tiny Cat no more; but a giant feline silhouette! The Growing Darkness of Winter was indeed ending now & the Sun will proceed to slowly bright more & more each day, Spring will be on its way! It’s the time were the Magic beneath his paws is most excited & happy, the time his power peaks enough to become what he used to be back when the Night Garden existed.

A familiar & imposing creature, tonight big-enough to compare to Camavorian Dragons on height but still as purring & tender as the sweetest of Critters. He was hungry, however. Emilia had given new clothes to all in her staff & her beloved ones so Sasha wouldn’t accidentally feel the need to eat one or two… Only the All-Mother may had known why the Yule Cat was drawn to those without new clothes, but she had made sure regardless to feed his belly with a lot of her hunts just as equally as those she would keep in storage for Briar.

“It’s nice to see you on your True Form once more, my dear & sweet Jólakötturinn. Go, have fun & remember to mind your Diet... No Legionaries this time; & not Piltovans neither. We promised Caitlyn you'll behave this year~”

A thundering yet blissful purring was his response, making the Enchantress chuckle a bit, before watching him walk away into the lands surrounding her Manor, now covered all in delicate snow.

[heycerulean]

every day i remember that the pavilic word for joy and merriment looks like the word "rave" and is related to the god of music and light. av'raves dia everyone