#kelaino

[phoenixiancrystallist]

Forspoken Photo Dump 215: Junoon; The Harvest Lands, Part 1

[flowering-darkness]

🌙🌹? :3 for anyone u want ^^

Sure thing!! Thank you for this, Max!~

(question source: “Fluffy selfship asks!” by aceselfshippers)

Hmm.. I think I will answer these for my selfship with Elena! It’s been a while since I talked about her, but I have decided that I want to =D

🌙: Favourite nighttime activity? - The one that comes to mind first is birdwatching! This may seem strange as a thing to do at nighttime, but the monologue she gives before you fight her as an Elite Four member is all about the beauty of birds in the night sky, so it’s clearly something she does and that is important to her. Her type specialties are Ghost and Flying, so it makes sense! I had the idea once of the two of us going birdwatching out on the Beryl Bridge, since it’s very high up and overlooks not only Reborn City but also the Tourmaline Desert to the north, so a lot of the sky would be really nicely visible. As part of this idea, I could imagine one of us spotting a Shiny Pokémon in one instance of this, which - whether it was simply something spotted in the sky, or an actual encounter that perhaps resulted in it being caught by other one of us - I think would be really special~

🌹: Do you two like PDA? - I think Elena definitely would! She’s very.. what’s the word I’m looking for that’s not “gushy”? Effusive? Demonstrative! when it comes to affection and praise for her love. (We see this in-game when she's referring to her husband, who.. I really should figure out what to do about in the context of my version of events, but for now I'm tentatively saying she's polyamorous.) However, I tend to think of Adriana as comparatively much more reserved, especially when considering that a) Elena very much isn't and b) this selfship is set in the first timeline so it isn't as if Adri has any of the latent confidence of being (unknowingly) anamnestic to fall back on. So, I think PDA would be a very easy way of making Adriana feel a bit embarrassed or flustered.. which, given what Elena is like, probably means it's something she does quite a bit -w-

I hope that these answers were alright! Thank you kindly again for sending in the questions ^-^

[sarahreesbrennan]

Hello! Um I have a question, but first you should know that In Other Lands is my favorite book of all time and changed my outlook on storytelling and characterization in a way that allowed me to finally rediscover my passion for writing, but I digress. This sounds silly after all that, but how do you pronounce Celaeno? In my head the first time I pronounced it Chay-Lah-No but then I thought about it more and is it like Seh-Lay-No? Please send help I’m in despair about this.

Hello my dear! Thank you so much for the kind words about In Other Lands and I am so happy you rediscovered your love for writing. It was always there waiting for you to brush the dust off the gold: congratulations on finding it at the right time for both of you.

Kelaino basically - it’s the name of a harpy in Virgil’s epic hero’s quest tale the Aeneid, who tells the hero Aeneas prophecies, and I love prophecies. (What are they but telling stories that come true? Prophets, the dommes of the narrative for real). I also love the Aeneid (a college class I took TEACHER: and so you’ve read the Aeneid, which translation? SARAH: in the Latin… As you can see I’ve always been a cool person who made herself popular in various surroundings…). So when I was picking a name of my most significant harpy, Celaeno sprang to mind.

I will add that I always think it’s okay to take inspiration from the world and works around you, if you are searching for something: George RR Martin didn’t invent direwolves or wildfire, but he did make something new of them to many.

Also I always think in fantastical tales (and frankly as an avid reader as a child who decided on some wild pronunciations I’ve never shaken off… in all scenarios…) pronunciation is optional. Pronounce words like Shakespeare spelled them—with wild abandon. If you like another pronunciation better, go for it. I pronounce ‘Eyam’ in Long Live Evil differently than the real place. Reading a story means the version of it in your mind, pronunciations and all, is yours alone.

[bugwolfsstuff]

Remember my hc about how the stars that were formaly living were watching the series play out like a tv?

I just realized how much chaos MoA would cause:

Ampelos when Bacchus is introduced: Thats my boyfriend :D

Hyades: we helped raise that boy :D

Ampelos when Bacchus refuses to help the seven: *screaming* HELP THEM! OH MY FUCKING GODS?

Hyades: .....this is from Silenus's parenting....

and then at the fall:

Euippe, daughter of Chiron and had more or less adopted Annabeth as her sister in her mind: NO ANNABETH!!! And percy!

Zoe: Perseus! Annabeth!

Hyas, brother of Zoe, trying to comfort his sister/s while freaking out: AT LEAST IT WILL BE A QUICK DEATH?

Alkyone and Kelaino, both lovers of Poseidon and had grown attached to Percy: *hugging each other* PERCYYYYYYY

Perseus and Andromeda, holding eachother in shock:....

Astraea, goddess of purity, innocence and justice: *watching in silent horror because she knows they both wont get out of this with whats left of their innocence, it will forever taint them and there will not be justice*......

[cruelfeline]

Every so often, one comes across some Broken behaving in a more strange, organized fashion. In the village of Gyuzel, we get these kelaino all gathered around a chest.

Said chest holds the cloak Judicious, whose chief benefit is granting an immunity to dazing.

It's an intriguing thing, simply because that status effect is most commonly caused by a kelaino's shriek.

It's almost as if they're sensing the thing that nullifies them. Or was the close proximity to the cloak what caused them to become what they are, a sort of opposite reaction to the magic nearby?

No idea! It's an interesting sight, though. Inspires some questions regarding what Breakborn cognition is actually like.

As for the deceased inhabitants of Gyuzel: many of their skeletons lay in pieces. Heads and limbs torn from the trunk. Aside from the keilano, a whole flock of Broken vultures attacks Frey here. It gives the impression of village dying of Break poisoning, starvation, disease... and then being set upon by vultures that eventually succumbed to mutation via the corruption. Hence the torn-apart bodies, skeletons laying about in pieces.

[4mph1r1t3]

name them all/j

you dare challenge me?

POSEIDON - WIFE

(1) DIVINE OFFSPRINGS

AIOLOS, ASOPOS (Asopus), ATHENE (Athena), DAIMONES PROSEOOUS (Six Diamond Spirits),DESPOINE (Despoena), PROTEUS, TELKHINES (Telchines), TRITON

(2) NYMPH OFFSPRING

AITHOUSA (Aethusa), BENTHESIKYME (Benthesicyme), HEROPHILE,  KYMOPOLEIA (Cymopoleia), OUREA (Urea), RHODE or RHODOS

(3) GIANT OFFSPRING

ALOADAI (Aloadae), ANTAIOS (Antaeus), EPHIALTES, KHARYBDIS (Charybdis), KHRYSAOR (Chrysaor),LAISTRYGON (Laestrygon), ORION, OTOS (Otus), POLYPHEMOS (Polyphemus)

(4) ANIMAL OFFSPRING

AREION (Arion), KHRYSOMALLOS (Chrysomallus), PEGASOS (Pegasus)

(5) MORTAL OFFSPRING

ABAS, AGELOS (Agelus), AGENOR, AIOLOS or HELLEN (Aeolus), AKHAIOS (Achaeus), ALMOPOS (Almopus), ALOEUS, ALTHEPOS (Althepus), AMPHERES, AMPHIMAROS (Amphimarus), AMYKOS(Amycus), ANKAIOS (Ancaeus), ANTHAS, ASPLEDON, ATLAS, AUGEIAS (Augeas),AUTOKHTHON (Autochthon), AZAES, BELLEROPHON, BELOS (Belus), BOIOTOS(Boeotus) BOUSIRIS (Busiris), BOUTES (Butes), DELPHOS (Delphus), DERKYNOS (Dercynus), DIAPREPRES, DIKTYS (Dictys), EDONOS (Edonus), EIRENE (Irene), ELASIPPOS (Elasippus), ELEIOS (Eleus), EPHOKEUS (Ephoceus), EPOPEUS, ERGINOS (Erginus), ERYX, EUADNE (Evadne), EUAIMON (Euemon),  EUMOLPOS (Eumolpus), EUPHEMOS (Euphemus), EURYPYLOS (Eurypylus), EURYTOS (Eurytus), EUSIROS (Eusirus), GADEIROS/EUMELOS (Gadeirus/Eumelus), HALLIRHOTHIOS (Hallirhothius), HIPPOTHOON/HIPPOTHOUS, HOPLEUS, HYPERES/HYPERENOR, HYRIEUS, IALEBION, IDAS, KAUKON (Caucon), KELAINOS(Celaenus), KENKHRIAS (Cenchrias), KERKYON (Cercyon), KHIOS (Chios), KHRYSES(Chryses), KROMOS (Cromus), KTEATOS (Cteatus), KYKHREUS (Cychreus), KYKNOS(Cycnus), LAMIA, LEKHES (Leches), LELEX, LEUKON (Leucon), LYKOS (1) (Lycus), LYKOS (2) (Lycus), MEGAREUS, MELAS,  MESSAPOS, MESTOR, MINYAS, MNESEUS, MOLIONIDAI (Molionidae), MYGDON, NAUPLIOS (Nauplius), NAUSITHOOS(Nausithous), NELEUS, NIREUS, NYKTEUS (Nycteus), OIOKLOS (Oeoclus), ONKHESTOS (Onchestus), PAION (Paeon), PARNASSOS (Parnassus), PELASGOS (Pelasgus), PELIAS, PERATOS (Peratus), PERIKLYMENOS (Periclymenus), PERIPHETES/KORYNETES (Corynetes), PHAIAX (Phaeax), PHINEUS, PHOKOS(Phocus), PHTHIOS (Phthius), POLTYS, PROKUSTES (Procrustes), SARPEDON, SKEIRON (Sciron)

TAPHIOS (Taphius), TARAS,THASOS,THESEUS, TRIOPAS

(6) ADOPTED

Lethia, Icey/🧊 Anon, Snowflake/❄️ Anon, Star/Shooting Star/💫 Anon, CC/Cotton Candy/🩷🩵 Anon, Orange/🍊Anon, Neolea, Ghostly Ghoul Anon, Lotus/🪷 Anon, Bubble/🫧 Anon, Sleepy Anon, Lemon/🍋 Anon, Poseidon girly, Maggie, Coral/🪸, Blue/🫐 Anon

APHRODITE - STEP MOTHER (?)

(1) DIVINE OFFSPRING

ANTEROS, BEROE, DEIMOS, EROS, EROTES, HARMONIA, HERMAPHRODITOS, HIMEROS, IAKKHOS (Iacchus), PEITHO, PHOBOS, POTHOS, PRIAPOS (Priapus), RHODOS/RHODE (DEPENDING ON THE NAME)

(2) MORTAL OFFSPRING

AENEAS, ASTYNOOS, ERYX, HEROPHILOS/HEROPHILE, LYROS

(3) ADOPTED

Caleb 

SOURCE; (not adopted)

[gwynb]

over gisteravond / denkoefening

luister, alles is aanbod gekomen en dat voor veertig euro

onderonsjes tussen blobvissen en olifanten in m’n net afgespoelde droom die naar nachtmerrie helde

voor de grap gemartelde Jezus geweest met een Fanta in de hand gesproken over piemelverlangen de Freudbashers hadden teveel whiskey’s op

Okypete en Kelaino dansten tot hun kaken knalden en Aëllo haar afkeer van consent opgaf

laat me even denken er hingen lampionnen in de pornoclub er hingen planten aan de muren die schrokken van vrouwen met een oude kop

het was allemaal heel sexy het was een echt feest we waren wel wat minder belle dan beest

maar het uur van het dier kon niet lang meer duren

toen zo van oeps, vergeten, dit was geen droom maar dit is live, wat ik je zeg met centaurs harpijen en hipstergoden

we deden wat oefeningen om de geest te strekken we aten stukken beest uit de McDrive

en ja hoor om vijf uur weer een nummer verloren van de Apocalyps die mij had uitverkoren

beestelijke Brahman, dat was toen ik het licht zag: dier en god, daartussen danste de mens

natuur en god zijn hetzelfde

en de mens, die lolbroek die zit te bellen in zijn blote kont is een dier en dus natuur

als natuur en god hetzelfde zijn de mens dier is en natuur

dan zit god nu te bellen in zijn blote kont!

ja, vandaag zit het nog steeds zo

[arpia-de-chocolate]

Pues, podría usar el creador de avatares para hacer diferentes monos pero no, Val acaparando toda la atención como siempre :U (okno, también hice de los otros).

A Val le gusta cambiar de look cada cierto tiempo, y quise hacer una especie de línea temporal con los cambios principales que ha tenido a lo largo de su vida, con un poco de contexto: 

1) Primero como Habib Valentine, su apariencia humana, con un poco de más color en la piel, cabello rubio y ligeramente ondulado, ojos azules, y de fondo su amada y soleada playa de Lárnaca, en la costa de Chipre. Solía ser mucho más introvertido y aunque ahí no se nota, también más enfermizo, padeciendo especialmente del corazón.

2) Luego ya convertido en espectro y con su look actual: piel más pálida, cabello rosado y ojos ámbar. Como estrella del lamento, extraña la luz del sol y carga muchas penas, pero trata de mostrar una sonrisa siempre (las bufandas, o ‘abrazos portátiles’ son legado de Maddie, una chica que es algo así como su primer amor. La roja es su favorita porque es un recuerdo que le perteneció a ella).

3) En algún punto, más o menos por la época en que empieza a andar con Miho, se corta el cabello y así puede apreciarse que de hecho sigue siendo ligeramente ondulado.Todavía conserva ese look cuando empieza a andar con Sylphid un par de años después, durante su mayor etapa de workaholic (cuando se muda temporalmente al Castillo Heinstein para cuidar a Gawain y a los recién llegados Knossos, Ariadne y Radella). 

4) Shit happens y Val es envenenado accidentalmente por cierto basilisco, quien decide alejarse para no hacerle más daño. Val, sin entender los motivos, entra en una etapa depresiva muy fuerte, además de que el veneno está haciendo demasiados estragos en su salud por lo que estando su voluntad y su cuerpo tan debilitados, la arpía Kelaino (la estrella maligna en sí) toma control total del hospedero y eso se ve reflejado en la tonalidad roja de su cabello (y también en su actitud, pues... arpiesca).

5) Y ya por último, después de arreglar las cosas con Syl y de todo el desmadre que es Guerra Santa, su look como esposo y padre de familia. La parte superior de su cabellera la mantiene algo corta, pero con la inferior se hace una coleta que deja bastante más larga. Otro detalle curioso es que el veneno, aunque ya ha sido eliminado de su sistema, le dejó algunas secuelas irreversibles en su organismo, como que paulatinamente se acentuaron los problemas cardiacos que padecía cuando era humano, y que su vista quedó debilitada por lo que debe usar anteojos. Aún así, ¡miren lo feliz que es! Ahora sí puede sonreír de verdad.

[followthebluebell]

My mom sent me this text about her two cats: "Cats are so weird! I don't really understand them. Kelaino approaches Maia on the bed and begins grooming her face. Maia grooms back. They continue grooming each other. Awww, so cute! Right? But no. Suddenly, Kelaino bites Maia and bats her in the face. Maia bites and claws back. Maia has her ears back. Kelaino jumps off the bed. But it's not over, yet. Kelaino walks around to the other side of the bed, hops back up, and snuggles in next to Maia. No grooming, no biting this time. Now they are dozing, Kelaino with her chin resting on the top of Maia's head."

My interpretation is that this is a sensory overload thing and Kelaino got Done with being groomed. I'm curious for your take.

Thanks so much for helping translate cat behavior into something humans can understand!

ok so!  Your guess could very well be correct!  This could just be Kelaino getting overstimulated and needing a break.  It could also be that Kelaino wanted to play but Maia wasn’t interested; Maia wanted to sleep.  The bit where Kelaino jumped off the bed is where Kelaino consciously decided ‘oh, ok, I gotta de-escalate the situation’ and needed to get rid of some of their excess energy/stress.  Jumping back onto the bed for snuggles was more or less just Kelaino agreeing ‘yeah, sure, sleeping sounds good’. 

[phoenixiancrystallist]

Forspoken Photo Dump 99: Visoria; Humble Plain, Part 1

[blackswallowtailbutterfly]

Witch, part 3

Part 1

Part 2

I call upon the storm

Come the waves

And come the winds

And come the rains

Let the frost creep in

Let the moaning winds rise

Let the snows cover the ground

In the dark, cold night

Let the leaves

Fall from the trees

Let the sun hide

And the windows rattle

As the winds rise high

Let the clouds billow up

And lightning crackle

And thunder sound

And the winds begin to spin

Let the sky grow dark

And the air become heavy

And the birds take to shelter

As the world grows still

Kelaino of the dark clouds

Mapsaura of the winds

Okypete of the waves

Podarge of the lightning

Aellopus of the cyclone

Nymphs of the storm, a gift for me

Send the biggest storm that man has ever SEEEEEEENNNNnnn...

Spin

Spin

Spin

I dance a circle round and round

And spin a spell into the clouds

Spin

Spin

Spin

Goddess of the earth and sky

Show your power

Let them see

Spin

Spin

Spin

Spin

Mother of the wind and rain

Make them cower

Raise the sea

Spin

Spin

Spin

Spin

Lady of the storm and magic

Have them fall

Onto their knees

Spin

Spin

Spin, tornado

Spin

Spin, the hurricane

Spin

Spin

Spin

Spin

Kelaino of the dark clouds

Mapsaura of the winds

Okypete of the waves

Podarge of the lightning

Aellopus of the cyclone

Spirits of the storm, a gift for me

Send the biggest storm that man has ever

SEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

Part 4

[princess-of-the-corner]

Team TAAN (Tan): Tawnee Leonotis - lion-eared Faunus girl, Semblance: Forcefields, Weapon: clawed gauntlets/guns, Allusion: Nemean Lion; Chrysa Alkaios - trans girl, Semb: strength/speed enhancement that surrounds her with a lightning cloak, Weapon: sword or club, Allusion: Hercules; Aquila Kelaino - eagle-winged Faunus girl, Semb: sentient shadow entity, no weapon yet, Allusion: harpies; Nymph Oakley - Semb: plant manipulation, no weapon yet, Allusion: dryads/wood nymphs.

I am noticing a theme.

[phoenixiancrystallist]

The kelaino and harpagos would give no cares, either, they can just glide-bomb like they normally do.

Ogres and goliaths are so freaking big they'd either have no problem or slip and fall constantly.

And oh god, the bears! Do Break Bears hibernate? ... do the Broken even sleep in general???

We are at that stage where the snow is partially melted, and what's left is very wet and sad to slog through.

What I now think of as the Cuff-and-Frey-Hate-This stage.

Feel like Frey would get a kick out of gliding through fresh powder. This heavy, wet pseudoslush? She would despise it.

[weirdfact]

The “Ch series” of clay tablets found at the ancient Minoan palace at Knossos on Crete give the names of individual oxen, including Aiolos (”Nimble”), Kelainos (”Black”), Xouthos (”Swifty” or “Tawny”), Podargos (”Swift-foot”), Stomargos (”Noisy”), and Oinops (”Wine-faced”). These tablets were written in 1400-1200 BCE.

[source]

[blackswallowtailbutterfly]

Pheebo? The male version of Phoebe is Phoebus/Phoebos. I don’t know what the fuck Pheebo would be because my Classical Greek dictionary is inaccessible at the moment, but it likely wouldn’t even mean the same thing as Phoebe or Phoebos. In fact “o” as an ending in Classical Greek was usually a feminine ending. “Tyro”, “Elektryo”, “Enyo”, “Erato”, “Hero” (was a woman’s name), “Spermo” (also a woman’s name, meaning seed), “Io”, “Aello”, “Kelaino”, “Sappho”, “Gorgo”, “Auxo”, etc. just from memory.

much to unpack in this one... the music.... pheebo