#hibiscus speaks

[silentprincessandsweethibiscus]

Green is NOT coping dudes going to cry so much that he can't cry no more but at least zelda is there :)

oop, was way to deep into the stardew valley hole to see that i got this. anyways;

yea! exactly. he would be a mess. coping with being essentially 1/4 of a person when the other parts of who you where are all right there, going through that with you is one thing. but having to go through it a second time? this time all alone? oh man.

at least hes got zelda, sure, but she has no idea how to even begin to help him through this. its not a problem anyones ever had before. this is a uniquely green problem.

growing from being 1/4 of a person into his own self, with the others by his side, only to have that ripped away. he may still be a whole person now, but theres an emptiness that cant be described. he watched the other parts of his old self grow into their own people beside him, still technically parts of a whole picture, and while the person is complete, the picture no longer is.

its an ach that cant be described. and id bet hed try to sooth it by trying to mimic what he thinks the others would do in his place. research until he passes out like vio, work until he cant think about it or lash out like blue, bake his feelings away or curl up and cry like red. all the while never truly getting to the heart of his feelings, to really work through them.

hes switching rapidly between incomplete and incompatible coping mechanisms and no one knows what to do for him, least of all himself.

maybe eventually he finds something that helps. maybe he spirals until he ends up joining them. maybe he lands somewhere in the middle. just, floating by, never really knowing who he is anymore, just numb enough to keep going, but never truly feeling whole or happy again.

[silentprincessandsweethibiscus]

im gonna share a paraphrased convo i had with a couple other members of the system, like, a year and a half or so ago, bc i feel jace’s contribution is hilarious relevant

vio is kind of an idiot here. like, there's at least one person who shadow wasn't willing to betray. in fact, he betrayed his former masters to commit himself fully to said person. way to rub salt in the wound dumbass

[weavingforlooms]

natural hibiscus dye on a skein of wool!!! loooooook at the coloooooor 🥰 it also smells like rosa jamaica (the drink) which is a pleasant surprise

I had initially dyed this skein with blackberry dye but since I had also eaten most of the blackberries, it wasn’t a very deep dye and so I just over dyed it with hibiscus . I simmered that pot of hibiscus for hours and reduced as much as possible and I am very very happy I spent that time, it was worth it to get this color result !

[dollyiia]

spring 2004 core

[bumpscosity]

Well the aethers are joining the lair.

[seraphic-gardens]

hey ADHD gang (i assume it’s an ADHD thing) does anyone else experience the uhhh. inability to partake in hobbies??

like i wanna write fic. I LOVE writing fic. but i just. haven’t been able to. for months.

how do y’all deal with it?

i’m struggling

[cedarspiced]

look at this fucking idiot. it doesn't even know how to smoke a weed

[tothebonepottery]

My latest addition to my Flower Power collection of sassy canisters :)

All hand painted & customizable; I can do whatever flowers/colors you want & I have different flower attachments for the lid that you can choose from <3

[warden-melli]

Not pokemon related but look at this cool bug I saw today

[polteashop]

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[tulpar-transmissions]

...We miiight be forming Anya. Shit.

UM. Hiii 👋👋

~ 📗🌿 & 🌺🌸

[silentprincessandsweethibiscus]

been thinking about the only green (and shadow) survived some terrible thing au, and i have some, later in life, mostly happy/peaceful times head canons.

i would like to add, i am a rainbow shipper, but short of like, one or two of these, they all stand true whether they are together or not.

• personally in my head as ive been thinking of this au, green lost a leg (specifically his left leg, but either works tbh)

• shadows magic is somewhat tied to the links, so with only one left, it is much weaker than it was before the incident

• green forgets to pay attention to his own bady sometimes, leading to shadow carrying him home when he accidentally stays out to long and can no longer comfortably walk on his prosthetic

• shadow has a similar problem, with its magic. its so used to having a certain amount, so when it runs out more quickly than it expects, shadow will drop whatever it was holding with it. including itself.

• green eventually finds that tea and gardening help him relax when hes overestimated emotionally.

• shadow, on the other hand, finds comfort in closeness. while green may be fine just knowing shadows around, shadows previous clingyness gets ramped up to 11 when its having any kinda of reminder of the incident.

• the day of the incident, once it was all over, shadow clutched onto the first link it found, not letting go until green found them. green on the other hand, used his energy to find the others, trying to make sure they where ok.

• they both have nightmares about it.

• in greens nightmares he lost shadow as well. shadow on the other hand, sees a different link in its arms every time. to the point that, as the years go on, it forgets who it even really was it found that day.

• green remembers

• as the years go on, and the heal from it, they start to get comfortable talking about the others again. this eventually leads to a running joke where they claim one of them is dealing with something. dont know how to do something blue was good at? "im leaving it in blues hands" gotta step away from the stove for a moment "no worries, red wont let it burn on us." cant find something in the library "go ask vio"

• if we are going with any kinda rainbow shipping it takes at least ten years after the incident before they get married. (that being said, if they are together, the do get married eventually)

• red and shadow where friends with the local florist before the incident, afterwards, every year on the anniversary, he brings shadow and green a bouquet. red gerbera, blue forget-me-nots, and violets.

• as they get used to it, shadow eventually has a cup of tea ready for him to go when he gets there

• eventually, as they all get on in age, the florists grandson takes over the deliveries. shadow makes a new cup of tea for him, explaining that his grandfather once told it his favorite tea.

• green always splits the bouquet in half while shadow makes them breakfast. they take the prettier half to the grave in the hyrule castle graveyard

• at first they just dropped it off and left, as they got older they started to stay longer, eventually starting to bring a picnic blanket and making a day of it, staying to talk to the others.

[chocolatecupcakesandlavender]

my hibiscus is in bloom again 💖🌺

[weavingforlooms]

Part two of hibiscus dye!!! The jar on the left has some alum (to test out what that does to the fiber/dye) and the jar on the right is just dye, no mordants or fixatives.

I’m doing a method while I cobble together bits of information from different sources. Unfortunately I can’t find any true sources focusing solely on hibiscus dye, and what I can find seems to say that they get incredibly light pink colors (aka barely any pigment) or even blue green ish, rather than my yarn’s vibrant magenta, which has not been my experience at all.

So anyway, I boil my dried flowers in a pot, reduce as much as possible, and then pour the hot dye into the jar with pre-wet yarn (no mordants used). I close the jars tightly so they can boil or steam themselves however it goes, and then I take them outside! I’ve seen this called solar dye, but essentially I put them in a sunny spot and leave them there for 24 hours, overnight and all. Could probably leave them longer but I get impatient and want to see the colors hehehe.

I squeeze out as much liquid as possible, then let them drip dry in my shower with ventilation. Lol, my tub is a little bit pinkish now, I have to say, hibiscus loves to stain. Planning to let them sit for a while before washing them out, maybe with a bit of gentle Soak soap too.

So that’s my process! Apparently hibiscus takes to animal fiber incredibly easily with no mordants needed, which has also been my experience so far too. I did want to experiment a bit with a mordant anyway just to say that I had, and there is a minute difference in the color I can see in the jars, which doesn’t seem to be as deep a color as the non mordant jar. However, it was also from the second dye bath from the same batch of boiled flowers, which could be a weaker dye anyway. This is the alpaca fiber by the way! Excited for some pretty pink alpaca yarn!!!!

[enchantedbats]

I tried to be artsy🌺🪻🏵

[dramamelon]

I need to share these here, too. (Already put them up over on bluesky.)

Put these plants in just a couple weeks ago. Got one on clearance, then decided I needed a second one to balance it out a few days later. Yeah, no more clearanced plants left when I went back. I did find a second one for a still decent price, though.

But, anyway, my hibiscuses are blooming. 😍🌺🌺🌺