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[littlerequiem]

💥 ✍️ 🍄 for the writing asks, please!🩵🤍

Hi Dee, thanks for stopping by <3

💥 Is there a chapter, scene, or WIP you're most excited to write? Share a snippet or tell us about it!

Okay, I just answered this here but I just realized I do have a snippet to share for another work, which is something that I wrote for a drabble prompt for @sixpennydame that turned into a whole smutty one-shot. This is the lead-up to something more ;))

“Don’t say shit like that. Anything is everything," Levi mutters. "Other people would abuse your willingness. You shouldn't speak so recklessly.” A moment passes by. You lick your lips, already moistened by the fog. Suddenly you recall the actual reason for being here. [...] It might be why you dare to say your next words: “Do you want to abuse my willingness?”

(I'm still editing this at my snail pace but I'm excited to share this.)

✍️ Which stat matters most to you (if at all!): subscriptions, kudos/favorites, comments, bookmarks, word count, or hits?

I try to not let engagement matter too much (try is the word) but comments are definitely up there for me. I love chatting with readers and getting their impressions on where they think the story is going to go.

🍄 Are there any fandoms you've never written for but want to try?

Vinland Saga, all because of you XD I'm almost done with S02 and I would love to write something for Thorfinn (Askeladd too, but I'm too intimidated for now). Another fandom I'd love to try is Blue Samurai.

Ask me about my 2024 writing goals.

[gingermintpepper]

hi I love your tags so so much! they were so sweet and so interesting and creative and the whole Aphrodite type of beauty thing sounds really interesting do you have any articles and recommendations to read further into it??

-hogoflight

Hello my fine feathered (I am assuming possession of feathers if you are, indeed, capable of flight) @hogoflight! I'm always always happy to hear that people appreciate my frenzied rambling in the tags :D! I have a lot of articles and recommendations :D!! Ancient Greek notions of beauty and representations of it in their art and sculptures is a pretty well studied topic! There isn't any way for us now to know definitively what the beauty standard was (it varied widely from region to region and culture to culture after all) but here are a couple of my favourite reads about Aphrodite and what her representations tell us about idealised beauty!

Probably the most empirically extensive one I can list is Krönström's thesis which compares statues of Aphrodite and literary text referring to both the goddess and mortal women to determine physical ideals for women in five specific eras of Grecian antiquity. Including measurements of the statues there are many descriptions of Aphrodite as 'curvy' with a 'voluptuous figure' and with 'ample buttocks and bosom'.

"When the beauty traits are described in the texts, they are never extreme or anything that could not be found in normal people just that they are more beautiful in every aspect. Furthermore, the sculptures’ physical forms look healthy, they are tall and have distinct curves. Great examples of this are the Knida sculpture and de Milo (the Melian) sculpture."

Of course, these images are still idealised, and there was still a concept such as 'too fat' or 'too skinny' found in written records (and this thesis even includes analysis of pornographic writings and descriptions of the fashion and stylings of pubic hair of women from different regions!!) but from an interpretational standpoint? There is absolutely no reason why these can't refer to a fuller figure. Height was also a very important factor after all and over the course of many eras, it seems like being well proportioned in addition to the length and appearance of one's hair were the most important factors (and, like Apollo, greater beauty was given to those with curlier hair)

Mireille M. Lee's 'Other Ways of Seeing' essay which talks about the forgotten female viewers of Knidian Aphrodite which is also extremely illuminating on how Aphroditic sexuality and sensuality was perceived totally differently from the well documented male voyeuristic gaze (which was overly preoccupied with the statue's nakedness and therefore over-sensationalised the statue's physical appearance) vs women's perspective on the statue which is more centered on the beauty of simplicity in Aphrodite's garment and decoration and in her power and ability to captivate both in her finery and without it. I think it's especially useful in exploring the importance of finery, jewellry and adornment in representations of Aphroditic beauty.

"Some of the small-scale copies are heavily jeweled, especially those from the eastern Mediterranean, for example the Hellenistic gilded terracotta statuette in the Çanakkale Museum (Fig. 5) in which the goddess wears, in addition to the armband on her (right) arm, the following: a necklace with multiple pendants; cross-bands extending over both shoulders and hips, with a cascading pendant in the center; a coiled snake armband on the left arm and another snake on her left thigh, and a twisted anklet on her right leg. (The left leg has been restored, and might also have featured an anklet.)"

"Jewelry is especially associated with Aphrodite in Greek literature. As seen above, in the Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite, the goddess adorns herself with gold jewelry, dress-pins, and earrings in the shape of flowers (162–3)..."

Finally, and to me, the most important one in the argument for an interpretation of Hyacinthus as fat, beautiful and fundamentally Aphroditic comes from Brilmayer's brilliant brilliant thesis done on Aphrodite's work and influence in Archaic Greek Poetry which does away with all of that masculine preoccupation with physical proportion, measurement and bodily ideals for a focus on a Sapphic Aphroditic ideal centered in clothing, ornamentation and, most importantly cunning as symbols of Aphrodite and ultimately a feminine idealised form of beauty. This paper also discusses Pandora and Helen in these terms and it is just kind of a wonderful read tbh.

"Combining Homeric and Hesiodic elements with her own ideas, she [Sappho] alters the way female beauty is viewed. For example, the Homeric war chariot – a symbol of male, military prowess - comes to symbolise the totality of Aphrodite’s power uniting in itself male and female qualities. Having addressed the concept of beauty directly, Sappho then concludes that beauty lies in the eye of the beholder. With the help of Helen of Troy and her beloved Anaktoria, Sappho sets out to reinvent the concept of female beauty as a godlike, subjective quality that may be expressed in many ways, yet remains inspired by Aphrodite."

The conclusion to all of this of course is that Aphroditic ideal beauty is much more fluid compared to its stricter Apolline masculine standard. The nuances and understandings of both are of course, constantly being studied, analysed and scrutinised but really, if Dionysus who was both bearded and clean shorn, effeminate, birthed and rebirthed (and twice gestated!) and strongly associated with vegetation can be popularly portrayed as fat and handsome, why can't Hyacinthus?!

[total-drama-shark]

Fanart of the first two chapters of “A Guide To Surviving The Apocalypse” by @noahtally-famous

Plz plz plz go read it it’s very very good and I’m really interested in seeing where it goes <3

[tea-and-secrets]

my secret is that i don't think i have a future. i'm turning 18 in a month, maybe by the time you post this ask i will already be 18 for a while, but well, im not there yet. i just finished high school kicking and screaming, literally thought i wouldn't survive it to the point i was considering ending it all several times, but i finished it. now what? now i know i have to go to uni but i also know i won't be able to make it through. i barely scraped by with high school and now my mental health is at an all time low (thought 2021 was my worst year but life is full of surprises) and if college is harder than high school like people say it is, then i'm just royally fucked. it does not help that i don't know who i want to be in life. i'm bilingual and have language skills, but if i study for a translator job then it's just like-- who even needs it? i live in russia. my country is in shambles and so is its economy and relationship with other countries. russia does not need a fucking translator because everybody hates it and for good reason. i can't imagine any future for myself here. when i was a kid it all seemed so clear to me, i would grow up and live with my best friend and be happy and have a job i love. now whenever i think of being grown up my mind just comes up blank. my best friend has probably forgotten that we ever wanted to live together, or they just left the idea behind because it was so childish and unrealistic. i feel like i've been drifting away from them as well as my entire friend group for the past 2 years. i'm autistic, so i just don't see the world the same way they do. i used to love being aroace before i realized it's distancing me from my friends, because now they all have partners or they're yearning for partners or talking about all the sex they've had and i just have nothing to add to the conversation. i don't smoke or drink, so i guess now i'm just not as interesting to hang out with as when we were all 15 and sober. so yeah. i guess i just dont know what im going to do or what's going to happen to me. i've spent the last few years feeling more and more isolated and sinking into depression. if i get into college, i don't know what it's going to do to me, but it makes me fear for my life. if i don't get into it, then i dont know what im going to do at all. maybe my real secret is that i was put on this earth to draw gay people and not like, have a life and relationships. oh well.

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[c00kietin]

here's some cookie run ocs that I think are neat! :D

@somethingsomethingdrawing she looks very cool, what can I say- and she has a nice smile :>

@cornkernelcorp since you said you were okay with interactions, I decided to draw my Choco Fish Cookie give Pupsy one of her prized chocolate fish!! Only amazing people get those >:)

[keeps-ache]

blood of the covenant

[peridots-pixiwolf]

[Start ID. A digital drawing of Minos Prime from Ultrakill, who's wearing a strapless slit dress and sandals of the same deep purple. He faces towards and slightly to the right of the camera, his head is tilted further right. With one hand he gestures in a vague pointing motion, his arm folded and held close to his body. There is nothing in the background, but bracing himself on one arm, Minos is implied to be leaning against something about the height of a countertop. The background is a blank purplish black, save for three diagonal stripes in the colors of the bisexual flag. End ID]

Shading study that quite literally came to me in a dream two weeks ago, after this post apparently beamed itself into my mind

(also a few edits below the cut! they're very slight but whatever :])

[Start ID. Three different versions of the previous drawing. The first changes the tone of the lighting from blue to pink, and similarly the shading from pink to blue. The second replaces the faint black border with pink, purple and blue, syncing with the stripes in the background. The third combines both these changes. End ID]

[baeshijima]

sometimes u just need to write self-indulgent fluff while eating smth sweet to feel better

[recareels]

Clari you’re so right about arranged marriage with Ayato tho 🥹

He takes you as his wife after politely declining so many potential brides for years, and maybe you’re a little unsure as to why exactly he wants you specifically. But he’s so kind and welcoming, insisting that he wants his manor to feel like yours, since this is your home now too; offering to have your rooms moved to ones with a better view or lighting, or schedules adjusted to your liking. Just so polite and….not nearly as pushy as you thought a husband would be.

Kisses your knuckles demurely at your door the first night after your vows, promises then and there that he will not step foot into your rooms unless explicitly invited by you. Deep down he probably recognizes that you had little say in the arrangement, and he’s more than ready to take things at your pace.

But he yearns for your company after you bid him goodnight. He knew upon seeing you that first meeting that you were the one for him. Hopes to gain your affection soon, but refuses to force anything upon you. He is a patient man, and perhaps is a little ashamed at how eager he is to be with you intimately. Your happiness is his, he will be content with that for as long as necessary.

All in good time, he tells himself. He’ll prove himself as a good man first, before showing you how good a husband he can be too.

ANDYYYYYYY oh my gosh i am hollering from the rooftops i am screaming at the clouds this is so CUTE (ㅅ´ ˘ `)

but also,, also,,,, ayato can play the long game. ayato can wait, with an unyielding persistence, when the situation calls for it, when it is beneficial to do so, composed and tolerant even in his tenacity; always gracious, never shameless. ayato can wait when he knows the reward will be worth it, and ayato will bide his time and nurture the relationship, mildly and methodically, carefully and compassionately, in perfectly measured doses, so it grows into exactly what he wants—exactly what he believes is best for you. he will not falter in his quest to demonstrate just how impeccable the two of you are together, even if that means a little manipulation is required—is it really ‘manipulation’ if he’s guiding you toward the truth? is it really all that ‘wrong’ if he’s merely illustrating how perfect he is for you, and you for him, and how beautifully you fit together?

[twentyfivemiceinatrenchcoat]

ari what do you think of jin itadori (also i would like to bubble🫧 anon if that's available please)(you could just call me bubbles)

MOTHER .

(hi my lovely little anon, the bubbles emoji is taken by an ask i haven’t answered quite yet, but feel free to pick another one!! 🥹 so nice to meet you <33)

it’s funny you say this actually because i’ve been thinking of him recently... especially after the whole lore reveal. the fact that jin was literally devoured in the womb so his sibling could survive + willingly let himself be manipulated by kenjaku despite knowing it wasn’t kaori….. well. it’s tasty, right? and it makes me a little insane because if sukuna embodies strenght, isn’t it only natural that jin would embody weakness? the weakness of love? inherent submission to those more powerful than him?

anyway what i’m trying to say is kenny topped. thank you for listening 🫶

[that-foul-legacy-lover]

hey

pspsps

how's the baizhu savings going

oh i am SO glad you asked, comrade Zxt!!!!!

my hoard of video game currencies is the only thing i allow myself to boast about

[princekirijo]

Finally graduated haha let's go 🥹

[thomasbrodiesandwich]

hello tumblr!

anybody in the mood for some ~drarry angst~ in this fine day? i mean don't we all need a bit of HurtTM from our ship from time to time??? (pls say yes)

i present you... my drarry oneshot fic inspired by fleabag the series :D

me, a genius, choosing a title for this fanfic:

Title: This is (not) a Love Story

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Relationship: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter (Drarry)

Words: 1,386

Additional Tags: Infidelity, Angst, Hurt No Comfort, Inspired by Fleabag (TV), Fleabag (TV) References, Harry Potter Epilogue What Epilogue | EWE, Harry Potter-centric

Summary: He was alone. And that was a fact, and a fact that will never change.

Until Harry met blue-grey eyes like storm clouds and white-blond hair that glows under the sun, with pointy nose and pointy chin and pointy cheekbones. Pale skin and little freckles under his eyes and on his forehead. Long eyelashes that rest on his cheek beautifully when he laughs from his belly, eyes closing, nose wrinkling, laugh lines visible, and tense jaw relaxed. Draco Malfoy, all grown-up. It gave Harry hope.

And it ruined him, too.

[alittleemo]

DID NOT CRY ON MY BIRTHDAY 🦅🦅🦅

[c00kietin]

Ik ur probably alsep rn but Lumeo jumpscare

I have a Lumeo headcanon that they transed someone's gender on accident while trying to read spells

(example ↓)

OMG YIPPEEEEE!!!

THEY'RE SO CUTE!! <<33

Love the way you draw Lumeo!! :D

Also, I love the mini comic lmao- I should make one like that!! >:D

[wyllzel]

jooheon in colors inspired by the art of @alligaytorswamp happy birthday to my favorite artist! 🎨🎈