#heart of azalea

[tedisipi]

Hello to the 2 other Tohma Azalea lore fans still alive; I have created a Minecraft skin of the Yankee Boy himself, Hasebe Taro. I put the Gangsta Empire Symbol(?) on his jacket's back because it looked empty. Any criticisms open this is my first attempt at making a minecraft skin (As you can see from Taro's piss colored hair i directly color picked from mitz_vah's commissioned art from the yankee boy yankee girl mv )

[folkbreeze]

The family photobooth at the baby shower was a success!

(click on the gifs for better quality bc tumblr kills it)

[francarieq]

hello guys here are—some of—my ocs🥰

[m00nb04rd5]

Can I have a moodboard for Karin Miyoshi?

https://yuyuyu.fandom.com/wiki/Miyoshi_Karin

Karin Miyoshi (YuYuYu)

[womenofwrestlingfashion]

Magical Hearts Velvet Mini Dress from Widow (on sale: $62.30) & Maitia Black Embellished Western Boot from Azalea Wang ($129.90)

[vocaloid-preservation]

Song Appreciation!

“Envy-Cat Blackout” (トーマ ) Tohma ft Gumi Megipoid!

(Unofficial upload)

Not to be confused with Tohma’s “Cat Walk Envy”, this is a song exclusive to the “Azalea’s Heart” album. Utilizing sounds and patterns from the original “Cat Walk Envy”, you too will surely feel like a stray cat in a maze listening to this song!

[frog-literallyworm]

fun fact my first bg3 tav was meant as a sort of age-up of the first ever d&d character i played!! shes so cute i love her so much and im finally getting around to making myself properly draw her / redesign her old look <33 super hyped

[currantlees-creative-corner]

Kairi deserves a crown, so I decided to put flowers into her hair.

This piece was originally meant for Kairi Day 2023, but I couldn't finish it in time due to a lot of life stuff happening in the first half of this year... And now I' have'm struggling with a bit of an artblock 😆

I think it might have to do with the fact that I tend to be very perfectionist and overdo it on the detail when I draw (and then I lose all motivation because I just have so many ideas and one takes too long to bring to life), so I intentionally tried to go for a less detailed look on the coloring with this one. I also experimented with some filters to give the final image more texture. What do you think?

As always, please reblog on Tumblr instead of reposting. I allow reposting my artwork on other platforms, as long as you don't claim it as your own (ideally by linking my blog 😉). Thank you 💗

[married-2-the-music]

K-pop Discography Deep Dives: Rolling Quartz 🎸

Rolling Quartz is the fourth band I’ve covered here, and the first girl band, which is very exciting! They debuted in 2020, with five members: bassist Arem, guitarists Iree and Hyunjung, vocalist Jayoung, and drummer Yeongeun. They aren’t exactly K-pop, but instead a blend of that and k-rock. Here are my credentials: I’ve been a fan of Rolling Quartz for a while now, after being recommended their excellent cover of Dreamcatcher’s Good Night, and though I know they’re not that popular (and so this review is more for me than other people), I thought it’d be fun to do to break up the SHINHWA epic.

Blaze was their debut, and what a debut it is! Coming right out the gate with a blistering, half-minute-long guitar riff, inspirational lyrics, and Jayoung’s signature husky contralto. From this first song, they immediately stand out from the crowd: besides playing instruments, having a grungier style and music video, and dabbling more in rock, their music also feels more personal, probably due to the fact that they weren’t assembled by a company but instead formed on their own and have the power to write their own songs.

Delight starts out quieter than Blaze, though it doesn’t stay that way for long. It keeps the inspirational lyrics, with a slower, more minimalistic opening that feels like it’s holding its breath until the song explodes in rock bliss. It’s a masterclass in pulling back and rushing forward, and keeps you guessing—in a good way. This was never one of my favorites as a casual listener but I’m pleased to say this changed my mind.

Holler starts with the somewhat haunting call of “Holler, holler, holler”, befitting of the MV’s vampiric inspirations (especially Jayoung’s awesome dress), and the chant repeats again in the post-choruses as a break from the established build ups. It’s definitely reminding me of a Taemin song, with its seductive creepiness, albeit based on far more of a rocky vibe than is usual for him. Overall, I like this one more this time too!

From the EP, Fighting, I liked the crisp guitar riffs of Higher and of course their excellent cover of Dreamcatcher’s Good Night...but my favorite would have to be Azalea. Adapted from an old poem protesting the Japanese occupation of Korea, it’s the true definition of an anthemic, passionate, head-banger, and I hope one day (Hera willing) I’ll get to experience its incredibleness in concert.

One is a collaboration, and goes more of a teen-movie-soundtrack-pop-punk route; as one comment I saw said, “it sounds like it could be from a Monster High movie.” Which is absolutely not criticism, by the way; though I don’t think that One is as good as tracks like Blaze, Delight, or Azalea, it’s a fun break from the darkness and makes me want to relive my younger teenage years (though maybe not all of them, let’s be honest here).

Nazababara is their return after a while, and goes a much sunnier, brighter route, making it feel less like a political anthem and more like one for a night out for friends. I love the segments with less instrumentation in the pre-chorus so that the vocals have time to breathe, and of course the short “you got me, got me” bridge was a highlight too. It’s a short song, but a memorable one.

Sing Your Heart Out is a b-side, but it was given a music video so I’m treating it like a single. It’s harsher in sound and darker in tone than Nazababara, and more true to their usual sound. The guitar riffs are as sharp as ever, and have a great sense of build in those pre-choruses, before the chorus appears to smash everything out of the park. It definitely had me banging my head, especially during that great guitar breakdown and outro.

I’m A Loner isn’t a usual Rolling Quartz song in many ways; it’s both a collaboration with Nam Do-hyun, and an OST. But, it retains their staples of driving beats and Jayoung’s strong voice with those sharp guitars that propel it forward. I hadn’t actually heard this song before this deep dive, but I ended up liking it. I wish it had more of a cathartic end to its great build-up, but otherwise it’s pretty good.

Fearless takes a more EDM-based approach to its rock, for another banger, this time choosing something I normally dislike: an “I’m-so-cooler-than-you” song…and yet, they pull it off! That guitar solo was perfection and I couldn’t resist the urge to dance along with them as they played their instruments in the rain (which I hope they didn’t have to film more than once).

Reminiscence is their most recent single, and though it starts with a sharp snare drum, its first verses are actually a quite straightforward ballad, made unique by the ever-present power in Jayoung’s voice. But of course, since this is Rolling Quartz, it soon becomes a power ballad worthy of single status, and manages to be incredibly captivating despite its music video only being them playing their instruments in their studio, and it actually became one of my favorites of theirs. Also, I had no idea that Jayoung plays piano, so that was a fun surprise.

I’m glad I did this! I knew I would have a great time, but it was still a fun ride. I forgot how few songs Rolling Quartz actually has, but when every one of them is so high in quality, I can’t really complain. I learned a lot more about them as people too, watching some interviews and behind the scenes content and having some good laughs along the way.

My Top 5 songs are Blaze, Azalea, Nazababara, Reminiscence, and Fearless, with Sing Your Heart Out as an honorable mention. Rolling Quartz gets a 9 out of 10 from me, the same as The Rose did, which isn’t surprising at all. I don’t think that there’s a single song of theirs I don’t like, and very few that I don’t love. They’re remarkably consistent and incredibly talented, and I can’t wait to see what they do next!

Next time, we’ll finally be finishing the SHINHWA deep dive, so stay tuned. Tschüss!

[thegrllldiaries]

“I’m texting THE GANG”

@dwellinglights @redribbonsandblood

[redribbonsandblood]

I love how the outfits were so planned out and every detail meant something

[loveforvanity]

Dia de los muertos Dress up! 🪞💀🌹🌸 Vanity x Azalea (Sanrio style)

Look how stunning this is! Me and my handsome Vanity….oh….we're gorgeous!! 🍁😘🌹

The red roses symbolize our romantic attraction and the mirror symbolizes life, love, sensitivity, and wisdom.

[ani-muse]

Dia came in the mail yesterday and Maru and Kanan arrived today! I’m blown away by the quality of these figures given their low price, Hanamaru especially. I think these are the best-looking AZALEA prize figures apart from the Happy Party Train set, but I already own the Guilty Kiss members from that set and want to have each subunit in a different outfit so I can display all 9 members in trios and at their best!

[francarieq]

Do you want to tell me about palomian mythology? I haven’t heard anything about it before and I’m intrigued:)

AND YAP ABOUT IT? YES PLEASE!!

Palomian mythology is of course mythology of Ancient Paloma (Quirme). Paloma is also characterized as “The Land of the gods”—it was quoted as the first civilization and was separated by city states presumably: Argonia, Teroe (Teroona), Royli, Elunia and—the famous—Paloma. Paloma—as per palomian mythos—was a giant island (During the drifting of Pangea) that lay in where “point nemo” came to be. It was consumed by the waves a few thousand years after the Primordial Chaos.

(don’t mind my handwriting uhhhh)

Palomians—like all civilizations—had a language; collectively called “P’loakmi”. P’loakmi has two types:

- Standard Palomian- Mostly seen on artifacts and retrieved materials. (deciphered)

- P’loakmi (ORIGINAL)- The language of the gods and only the gods. Seen on ancient texts that were believed to be written by the gods of Paloma. (indecipherable)

[OKAY NOW THAT WE’VE GOT SURFACE LEVEL PALOMA WE CAN GO TO THE GODS OF PALOMA YEHAHH!??!!!]

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In the retrieved archives of Palomian Mythology (some of which were deciphered) held the story of creation. Though people weren’t sure if this was how the story actually went, because water damages, missing pages and hints of original P’loakmi made it hard for them to piece the information together.

With the little details we were given here was how the story presumably went:

Ci (Universe) gave birth to Sysr (god of the universe and creator of the gods). Sysr wanted to make another god to do his work for him so Sysr created Arif (the embodiment of the sun, god of the sun and time | “Giver of Life”). Sysr and Arif both worked together to create the stars, the planets, the galaxies and so on. Arif was tasked by Sysr to create life and he (Arif) obeyed.

Arif landed on the Earth (called “Ana’tenka” in earlier writings) back when the Earth was barren and knew only volcanoes and never ending flame. Arif looked around and was not happy with how Earth looked; that was when he realized why Sysr gave him such an important task—as to create life is to stop this kind of destruction. Arif went to work—Arif tried working with stone, with flames, he also tried working with something called “Sh’kalza” (we have no idea what that was but uhhhh), but none worked. Until Arif tried again; this time to his surprise it worked. Arif created a successful being able to sustain life, his name was Paloma, he was the first man to ever walk the Earth—well only for a few minutes—it didn’t take long for his creation in wither and die—knowing the state of the Earth during the time—Paloma burned and he screamed in agonizing pain, his body began blistering until Paloma dropped dead on Arif’s feet and let out a faint whisper as if to say “Why?”. Arif stared for a while—quite unamused—until he felt a distinct aura stand behind him. It was Vendetta (the god of death and the dead), the moment the first life drew their last breath it echoed throughout the cosmos and naturally death found its place in the universe as a silent being that remained the balance. That moment marked the official start of Palomian Mythology (named after the first creation of Arif).

Arif’s task wasn’t over and the last thing Arif wanted was to anger the god of the universe so he and Vendetta devised a plan. Arif—god of time and the sun, Vendetta—god of the death and dead merged their powers together to form a young goddess—no more than a baby. The universe stopped in a moment as if to marvel at the importance of the moment, the universe whispered in a hush voice “Azalea..”, Arif and Vendetta agreed—she was to be named Azalea. The moment Azalea set her little feet on the land—all those around her blossomed into beautiful flowers and grass. Arif and Vendetta were enchanted at what was happening—even a being so small can create such magnificent things. Azalea was the goddess of beauty and nature, the mother of all things alive.

When Arif and Vendetta showed Azalea to Sysr he was pleased. Sysr gave them the order to raise her into a more mature goddess for she will bring life to every corner of the universe once she was ready. She was viewed as Arif and Vendetta’s daughter in later tales. And everything followed with it—With the blossoming of the Earth there came the seas birthing Arnav (god of the sea and ocean), the last remnants of volcanoes birthing Cyrus (god of fire and the blaze), the winds singing a song ever so softly birthing Tece Kronos (god of winds and tamer of the howling winds).

We are not so sure how accurate the story is knowing that some pages are missing still yet to be found and deciphered—but I guess we have to work with what we have, no?

To enumerate:

PALOMIAN MYTHOS IS SOOO WEIRD GUYS I HAVE NO IDEA HOW IT WORKS SOMETIMES😭😭

[pancake-lovy]

back in the Hogwarts' days...

request: no

pairing: oc x HL!characters

content: their houses, blood status, friends, possible love interests, Hogwarts Legacy ending spoiler (sort of)

summary: how each of my original characters would act while going to Hogwarts during Silver Trio/Hogwarts Legacy era

Ellie-Ann Logan:

She's a pureblood, but grew up with muggles. Once she went to Hogwarts, The Sorting Hat said she belongs to Ravenclaw. She becomes friends with Amit Thakkar, Samantha Dale, Zenobia Noke, Arthur Plummly, Lucan Brattleby, Garreth Weasley and Sebastian Sallow. She also starts dating Ominis Gaunt at some point. She's a good student. Her favorite subjects are Herbology and Potions. She has a hard time during Care of Magical Creatures.

As MC, she wouldn't turn in Sebastian, but she would end up keeping the Final Repository of Ancient Magic containted.

Blake Delgado-Stilinski:

He's half-blood and got sorted into Slytherin. He's friends with Anne and Sebastian Sallow, Ominis Gaunt, Natsai Onai, Nellie Oggspire and Samantha Dale. He dated Imelda Reyes and Amit Thakkar. But he ended up with Sebastian. He's very ambitious and excellent student. His favorite subject is Defense Against the Dark Arts. He has difficulties with Potions. He'd also be part of the Slytherin's Qudditch team. He'd play as a beater and later on a captain.

As MC, he wouldn't turn in Sebastian, but he would keep the Final Repository of Ancient Magic contained.

Gabrielle Tate:

She's a muggle-born and a Hufflepuff. She's friends with Poppy Sweeting, Arthur Plummly and Natsai Onai. Her boyfriend is Amit Thakkar. She's an excellent and gifted witch. Her favorite subjects are Astronomy and Care of Magical Creatures. She has difficulties in Charms and Flying classes.

As MC, she would turn in Sebastian and would keep the Final Repository of Ancient Magic contained.

Yvette Castro:

She's a half-blood and a Gryffindor. She was a student in Hogwarts only since year five. She quickly became friends with Natsai Onai, Nellie Oggspire, Poppy Sweeting, Lenora Everleigh, Charlotte Morrison, Imelda Reyes and Sebastian Sallow. She started dating Garreth Weasley at the end of their year six. She was an average but talented in sports witch. She loves Flying and Transfiguration classes. But she dislikes History of Magic. She played Quidditch as a chaser and was a captain of Gryffindor team.

As MC, she wouldn't turn in Sebastian and she'd open the Final Repository of Ancient Magic.

Azalea Argent:

She's a pureblood and she got sorted into a Hufflepuff. She's friends with Samantha Dale, Lenora Everleigh and Natsai Onai. She hasn't dated anyone during or after her years in Hogwarts. She was a good, but quiet student. Her favorite subject is Transfiguration and Astronomy. She's terrible in Herbology, but suprisingly good at flying.

As MC, she wouldn't turn in Sebastian and she'd keep the Final Repository of Ancient Magic contained.

Kathresse Storm:

She's a pureblood and a Gryffindor. She's friends with Anne and Sebastian Sallow, Ominis Gaunt, Nellie Oggspire, Lenora Everleigh and Poppy Sweeting. She's dating Garreth Weasley. She's a very mischievous but brilliant witch. Her favorite subjects are Transfiguration and potions. She trully hates Herbology and History of Magic. She plays a seeker for the Gryffindor Quidditch Team, a very good seeker.

As MC, she wouldn't turn in Sebastian and she'd open the Final Repository of Ancient Magic.

[reyanfia]

You like Ao'nung x Neteyam? Need to know real quick pls

I don't see much of them both but they're cute! I like it 👍👍